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Glasses for Photonics
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Glasses for Photonics
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Masayuki Yamane
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By (author) Yoshiyuki Asahara
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:282 | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170 |
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Category/Genre | Materials science Applied optics |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521580533
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Classifications | Dewey:621.36 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
46 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 110 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
11 May 2000 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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