Glasses for photonics

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Glasses for photonics

Masayuki Yamane and Yoshiyuki Asahara

Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book is an introduction to recent progress in the development and application of glass with special photonics properties. Glass has a number of structural and practical advantages over crystalline materials, including excellent homogeneity, variety of form and size, and the potential for doping with a variety of dopant materials. Glasses with photonic properties have great potential and are expected to play a significant role in the next generation of multimedia systems. Fundamentals of glass materials are explained in the first chapter, and the book then proceeds to a discussion of gradient index glass, laser glasses, nonlinear optical glasses and magneto-optical glasses. Beginning with the basic theory, the book discusses actual problems, performance and applications of glasses. The book will be of value to graduate students, researchers and professional engineers working in materials science, chemistry and physics with an interest in photonics and glass with special properties.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Glass properties
  • 2. Gradient index glass
  • 3. Laser glass
  • 4. Nonlinear optical glass
  • 5. Magneto-optical glass.

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  • NCID
    BA46463350
  • ISBN
    • 0521580536
  • LCCN
    99025751
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, UK ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 271 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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