Optical materials capable of advanced functionality in the infrared will enable optical
designs that can offer lightweight or small footprint solutions in both planar and bulk optical …

Current status of studies devoted to thermal poling of multicomponent glasses and related
applications are briefly reviewed. Physical phenomena occurring in the course of the poling …

The potential for realizing robust, monolithic, near-surface refractive micro-optic elements
with long-lived stability is demonstrated in visible and infrared transmitting glasses capable …

Second-order optical susceptibility, χ (2), has been induced in thermally poled chalcogenide
glasses, doped with varying levels of sodium. Using alkali-doped chalcogenide glasses, the …

Six niobium rich glasses presenting different sodium contents were synthetized. On the
basis of complementary infrared and Raman analysis, the influence of the sodium content …

This paper reflects on the future of low‐temperature plasma science in relation to the
manufacturing and novel uses of glass. The text summarizes the current state of the art on …

It is demonstrated that the annealing of the soda lime glass poled in closed and open anode
configuration results in the formation of microcrystals of dicalcium silicate (β-Ca 2 SiO 4) and …

Compositional and structural modification of the subanodic region of poled soda-lime glass
under secondary heat treatment is studied using secondary ion mass spectrometry and …

Relief diffraction gratings are formed via acidic chemical etching of a periodically poled soda-
lime glass. The thermal poling under 1000 V DC is performed at 325° C using a thermally …

Borogermanate glasses containing terbium ions are interesting materials due to their
luminescent and magnetic properties. Terbium can present two different oxidation states and …