Glasses for photonics /
"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."--Jacket.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Glass properties
- 2. Gradient index glass. 2.1. Applications. 2.2. Design of radial gradient index profiles. 2.3. Parameters for fabrication of index gradient. 2.4. Materials and fabrication techniques. 2.5. Spherical gradient index lens
- 3. Laser glass. 3.1. Fundamentals of laser physics. 3.2. Bulk laser glasses. 3.3. Fiber lasers and amplifiers. 3.4. Waveguide lasers and amplifiers
- 4. Nonlinear optical glass. 4.1. Fundamentals of nonlinear optics and applications. 4.2. Nonresonant nonlinear glasses. 4.3. Semiconductor-doped glasses. 4.4. Metal-doped glasses. 4.5. Comparisons of optical nonlinearities of various nonlinear glass materials
- 5. Magneto-optical glass. 5.1. Magnetic properties of materials.