Optical devices are necessary to meet the anticipated future requirements for ultrafast and
ultrahigh bandwidth communication and computing. All optical information processing can …

Rare-earth-activated photonic structures are fundamental actors in widespread applications
such as luminescence sources, lasers, integrated photonics, solar cells, biomedical sensors …

For integrated photonics, waveguide structures based on rare-earth-activated glasses are
potential candidates for implementing compact integrated light sources and amplifiers …

SiO 2-TiO 2 nanofibers were electrospun from partially hydrolyzed tetraethyl orthosilicate,
and titanium isopropoxide using sol-gel chemistry. SiO 2-TiO 2 sol phase diagrams were …

Photonic glass-ceramics are two-phase materials constituted by nanometer sized crystals,
passive or activated by luminescent species, embedded in a glass matrix. Among the …

In this review, we present a short overview of the development of sol–gel glasses for
application in the field of photonics, with a focus on some of the most interesting results …

For different applications in laser photonics and integrated optics, photorefractive materials
are surely of great interest and play an important role in miniaturization of devices and …

Three different types of rare earth (RE^ 3+) ions-doped silica thin films are fabricated by a
soft chemistry-based method. By introducing tin oxide (SnO_2) nanocrystals with larger …

Looking at the literature of the last years is evident that glass-based rare-earth-activated
optical structures represent the technological pillar of a huge of photonic applications …

In this study, the combination of hydrothermal technique and seed-do** method was
conducted to coordinately control the formation of fine MgO-Y2O3 powders, which are …