Chalcogenide glasses: Preparation, properties and applications

✍ Scribed by Jean-Luc Adam

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 714
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials 44
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Chalcogenide glasses are promising materials for photonic applications due to their unique properties and functionalities. Chalcogenide glasses are transparent from the visible to the near infrared region and they can be moulded into lenses or drawn into fibres. Chalcogenide glass fibres and optical components such as waveguides have been developed for use with lasers, for optical switching, chemical and temperature sensing and phase change memories. Part one covers preparation methods and properties of chalcogenide glasses and part two explores the applications of chalcogenide glasses.

✦ Table of Contents

Part 1 Preparation and properties of chalcogenide glasses: Preparation of high-purity chalcogenide glasses; Structure of chalcogenide glasses characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR); Mean coordination and topological constraints in chalcogenide network glasses; Thermal properties of chalcogenide glasses; Optical properties of chalcogenide glasses and fibers; Photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses; Ionic conductivity of chalcogenide glasses; Physical aging of chalcogenide glasses; Deposition techniques for chalcogenide thin films; Transparent chalcogenide glass-ceramics. Part 2 Applications of chalcogenide glasses: Rare-earth-doped chalcogenide glass for lasers and amplifiers; Chalcogenide waveguides for infrared sensing; Chalcogenide microstructured optical fibers for infrared applications; Chalcogenide glass waveguide devices for all-optical signal processing; Controlling light on the nanoscale with chalcogenide thin films; Second harmonic generation in chalcogenide glasses; Chalcogenide glass resists for lithography; Chalcogenide for phase change optical and electrical memories; Chalcogenide glasses as electrolytes for batteries.