Microstructural, Physical, and Optical Characterization of Chalcogenide Glass Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2023) | Viewed by 1224
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chalcogenide glasses; mid-infrared; thin films; glass-ceramics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to invite you to contribute research articles and review papers to this Special Issue entitled “Microstructural, Physical and Optical Characterization of Chalcogenide Glass Materials”.
The rapid evolution of infrared (IR) technology is making it possible to employ infrared optical components for low-cost consumer sensing, security and telecommunication applications, as well as extreme-performance applications in defense. To date, IR-transparent candidates have largely relied on existing, commercially available materials with known physical properties. However, the unique and striking material properties and functionalities of chalcogenide glasses make them attractive candidate materials well-suited for applications spanning the short-wave, mid-wave and long-wave IR regimes. These glasses exhibit low phonon energies, high and continuously tunable refractive indices, low dispersion, remarkably large optical non-linearity and transparency from visible to IR regimes. Furthermore, these glasses can easily be molded into lenses and fibers, and allow flexibility in optical function through compositional tuning. In light of this, great strides have been made worldwide in exploring the compositional flexibility of glass, as well as the ability to tailor all aspects of its size, shape, and properties, and identifying its suitability for application in diverse environments.
To celebrate the International Year of Glass 2022, this Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress related to chalcogenide glasses, including continuous growth and advancement in processing, characterization, and modelling, as well as novel technology development and applications of glass.
Dr. Anupama Yadav
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chalcogenide glasses
- glass ceramics
- infrared optical materials
- non-oxide glasses
- phase-change materials
