Photonic Glasses

Fuxi Gan, Lei Xu9789812568205, 981-256-820-4

This book introduces the fundamental mechanism of photonic glasses – the linear and nonlinear optical effects in glass under intense light irradiation: photo-induced absorption, refraction, polarization, frequency, coherence and monochromaticity changes. Emphasis is placed on new developments in the structure, spectroscopy and physics of new glassy materials for photonics applications, such as optical communication, optical data storage, new lasers and new photonic components and devices. The book presents the research results of the authors in new glasses for photonics over the last decade.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 6
List of Contributors……Page 12
1.1 Introduction……Page 13
1.2 Physical Fundamentals……Page 14
1.3 Optical Glasses……Page 18
1.4 Photonic Glasses……Page 30
2. Structure and Properties of Amorphous Thin Films for Optical Data Storage……Page 51
2.1 Amorphous Rare Earth-transition Metal (RE-TM) Alloy Thin Films……Page 52
2.2 Amorphous Metallic and Chalcogenide Thin Films……Page 65
2.3 Nonlinear Optical Amorphous Alloy Thin Films……Page 76
3.1 Laser Spectroscopy of Nd³+ and Yb³+ High Doped Glasses……Page 89
3.2 Nonlinear Luminescence of Rare-Earth (RE) Ions in Glasses……Page 106
3.3 Super-luminescence of RE-doped Glass Fibers……Page 122
4. Third-Order Optical Nonlinear Properties of Glasses……Page 129
4.1 Measurement of Third-Order Optical Nonlinear Susceptibility of Glass……Page 130
4.2 Optical Nonlinearity of Dielectric Glass……Page 135
4.3 Optical Nonlinearity of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Glasses……Page 143
4.4 Optical Nonlinearity of Nano-composite Glasses……Page 149
4.5 Optical Limiting Effects……Page 158
5.1 Introduction……Page 165
5.2 Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity in Silica Glasses……Page 179
5.3 Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity in High Refractive Index Glasses……Page 184
5.4 Applications……Page 198
6.1 Brief Introduction of Optical Fiber Amplifier……Page 203
6.2 Er³+-Doped Phosphate Glass Fiber Amplifiers……Page 205
7.1 Introduction of Optical Fibers……Page 239
7.2 Fabrication and Materials……Page 246
7.3 High Power Lasers Based on Rare-Earth Ions Doped Fibers……Page 251
7.4 High Power Pulsed Fiber Lasers……Page 258
7.5 Recent Development and Applications of Fiber Lasers……Page 266
8. Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Solid-State Dye Laser Glasses……Page 273
8.1 Organic Dyes and Liquid Dye Lasers……Page 274
8.2 Hybrid Solid-State Dye Laser Glasses and Preparation Techniques……Page 276
8.3 Photostabilities and Photodegradation Mechanisms of Hybrid Solid-State Dye Laser Glasses……Page 285
8.4 Hybrid Solid Dye Laser Glass Based on Energy Transfer Between Laser Dyes……Page 293
8.5 Solid-State Dye Lasers and Parameter Optimization……Page 297
8.6 DFB Laser Based on Sol-Gel Derived Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Thin Film Waveguides……Page 302
8.7 Summary and Future Prospects……Page 304
9. Optical Glass Waveguides……Page 311
9.1 Principles of Optical Waveguides……Page 312
9.2 Glass Waveguides Fabrication and Optical Properties……Page 314
9.3 Organic/inorganic Hybrid Glass Waveguide Materials……Page 322
9.4 Functional Glass Waveguide Devices……Page 327
10. Glass Photosensitivity and Fiber Gratings……Page 351
10.1 Glass Photosensitivity……Page 352
10.2 Principles of Fiber Gratings……Page 367
10.3 Fiber Grating Fabrications……Page 373
10.4 Fiber Grating Applications……Page 375
11. Glass Fibers for Photonic Crystals……Page 387
11.1 Light Guidance in PCF……Page 389
11.2 Fabrication……Page 395
11.3 Properties of PCFs and Device Applications……Page 398
11.4 Non-Silica Glasses for PCFs……Page 412
12.1 Introduction……Page 417
12.2 Micro-Structural Changes Induced by Femtosecond Lasers……Page 419
12.3 Valence State Manipulation of Active Ions……Page 429
12.4 Precipitation of Functional Crystals……Page 436
12.5 Novel Phenomena Induced by Femtosecond Lasers……Page 447
Index……Page 457