Welcome to the IMI’s first Glass Science & Technology Training Module on

Optical and Photonics Glasses
Delivered by Dr. Rui Almeida for the
International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass
At Lehigh University
Spring 2005

Each unit has both a Real media audio-video presentation and a printable set of slides in pdf format. You will need RealPlayer to view the presentation (download) and some students will prefer to print a hard copy of the slides prior to viewing. Not all of the units have been loaded for streaming yet; please examine what we have and provide your feedback. The full version should be available shortly.

Table of Contents

Part I: An Introduction to Glass Formation, Structure and Properties

Lecture 1: Introduction to Glass & the Glass Transition
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Lecture 2. Glass Formation
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Lecture 3. Kinetic Theory of Glass Formation
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Lecture 4: Glass Composition and Preparation
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Lecture 5: Glass Structure I
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Lecture 6: Glass Structure II
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Lecture 7: Phase Separation in Glass
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Lecture 8: Mechanical Behavior of Glass
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Lecture 9. Fracture Toughness
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Lecture 10. Viscosity
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Lecture 11: Thermal Expansion of Glass
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Part II: Optical Glasses

12. Traditional Optical Glasses - Classification & Fabrication
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13. Absorption, Reflection and Refraction of Light
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14. Glasses and Total Internal Reflection - Refraction of Light in Absorbing
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15. Polarization, Absorption and Color
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16. Infrared Absorption & Raman Scattering in Glass
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17. Light Scattering in Glass- Introduction
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18. Rayleigh & Mie Scattering, Metal Colloids and Photo-elastic Properties
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19. New Optical Glasses - Fluorides and Chalcogenides
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20. Faburation and Properties of Fluoride and Chalcogenide Glasses
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21. Abnormal Dispersion & Athermal Glasses
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Part III: Photonic Glasses

22. Gradient Index Glasses
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23. Optical Fibers I: Fabrication
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24. Optical Fibers II: Types of Fibers, Modes & Loss
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25. Optical Fibers III: Fiber Dispersion
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26. Optical Amplification in Fiber Optic Systems and Photonic Crystal Fibers
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27. Integrated Optics
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28. Photochromic and Photosentitive Glasses
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29. Photoinduced Effects in Glass
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30. Acousto-optic and Magneto-Optic Glasses
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31. Rare Earth Doped Glasses I - Fundamental
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32. Rare Earth Doped Glasses II - Quantum Efficiency
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33. RE Doped Glass III - Photoluminescence Decay Rates and Processes
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34. RE Doped Glass IV - Erbium Doping
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35. Laser Glasses I - Fundamentals
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36. Fiber and Waveguide Lasers and Amplifiers
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37. Non-Linear Optical Glasses I - Fundamentals
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38. Non-Linear Optical Glasses II - Semiconductor Doped Nano-Glasses
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39. Non-Linear Optical Glasses III - Metal Doped Nano-Glasses
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