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Glasses for Photonics

Hardback

Main Details

Title Glasses for Photonics
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Masayuki Yamane
By (author) Yoshiyuki Asahara
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:282
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreMaterials science
Applied optics
ISBN/Barcode 9780521580533
ClassificationsDewey:621.36
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 46 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 110 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 May 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.