Active Glass for Photonic Devices
Photoinduced Structures and Their Application

This book deals with glass for high-tech applications in optoelectronic devices, focusing on new topics of fundamental importance in the application of active glasses in photonic devices. Most of the reports deal with glasses under action of higher electromagnetic fields, such as a femtosecond laser. Topics include manufacturing of the glass, analysis of induced structures in glasses, and some functional devices using active glasses.

This book focuses on selected topics which are new and of fundamental importance in the application of active glasses in photonic devices. Most of the chapters deal with glasses under the action of higher electromagnetic fields, such as those produced by femtosecond lasers. They cover the creation and analysis of induced structures in glasses and some functional devices using active glasses. This book is designed for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Introduction.- Creation of induced structures in glasses.- Ultrafast induction of electronic structures by ultrashort laser pulses.- Induction of permanent structures by ultrashort laser pulses.- Generation of induced structures using rare-earth ions.- Analyses of induced structures in glasses.- Development of analytical methods for induced structures.- Computer simulation of induced structures.- Functional devices using active glasses.- Glass functional devices.- Ultrafast optical switches.