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Glasses as Nonlinear Photonic Materials
Author(s) -
Vogel Eva M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1989.tb06207.x
Subject(s) - photonics , materials science , nonlinear system , optoelectronics , ceramic , nonlinear optical , optical materials , nonlinear optics , absorption (acoustics) , photonic crystal , engineering physics , optics , electronic engineering , engineering , physics , composite material , quantum mechanics
The success of photonic switching depends on the development of the materials and devices that are capable of processing light signals without converting them to electronic forms. Glasses are promising materials for these all‐optical devices because of their fast‐responding nonlinearities and low absorption. The aim of this paper is to apprise the ceramic community of the development of nonlinear optics research. The relative merits and trade‐offs of glasses as nonlinear photonic material are discussed.