Rare Earth Doped Glasses/Ceramics: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Optical Applications
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 June 2022) | Viewed by 29824
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the field of photonics and materials engineering there has recently been a great interest in glasses and ceramics doped with rare earth ions emitting visible light or infrared radiation. They are very promising photonic materials in relation to several multifunctional and industrial applications. In particular, rare earth doped glasses/ceramics play significant roles in solid-state lasers, broadband optical amplifiers, and up-conversion luminescence temperature sensors. Special attention has been paid to inorganic glasses applied to optical fiber technology. Studies of radiative and non-radiative relaxation processes and their mechanisms between the rare earth ions are necessary to obtain knowledge about luminescent glasses and ceramics. These phenomena are interesting and important from the scientific and technological points of view.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present novel results for luminescent glasses and ceramics which give important contributions to the development of scientific research in the field of glass/ceramic science and technology, applied spectroscopy, lasers, sensors, and fiber photonics. This Special Issue invites a wide range of research on rare earth doped glasses and ceramic materials: from synthesis, structure and properties to their potential optical applications.
I would like to invite you with great pleasure to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full articles, short communications, and review papers are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Pisarski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rare earth doped glasses/ceramics
- structure–property relationship
- spectroscopy
- luminescence
- radiative and non-radiative relaxation
- up-conversion luminescence processes and optical temperature sensors
- optical glass fibers
- ceramic phosphors
- solid-state lasers
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