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Technological Advances in Tellurite Glasses

Properties, Processing, and Applications

  • Serves as a key reference on the development of a new generation of photonics devices based on tellurite glasses
  • Addresses the knowledge gap in tellurite glasses among physicists, chemists, and materials scientists
  • Contributes to current research into the optical properties of oxide/fluoro-tellurite glasses
  • Offers perspectives on likely future trends and challenges for tellurite glasses in the field of photonics and nanophotonics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 254)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction to Tellurite Glasses

    • Raouf El-Mallawany
    Pages 1-13
  3. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Some Tellurium Oxide Glasses

    • Cid B. de Araújo, Luciana R. P. Kassab
    Pages 15-39
  4. Trivalent Lanthanides in Tellurite Glass

    • V. A. G. Rivera, L. A. O. Nunes
    Pages 41-57
  5. Nonoxide Tellurium-Based Glasses

    • Mathieu Hubert, Catherine Boussard-Plédel, Bruno Bureau, Pierre Lucas
    Pages 59-91
  6. Photonic Applications of Tellurite Glasses

    • Luiz Carlos Barbosa, Cicero Omegna Filho, Enver Fernandez Chillcce
    Pages 93-100
  7. Lasers Utilising Tellurite Glass-Based Gain Media

    • Billy D. O. Richards, Animesh Jha
    Pages 101-130
  8. Tellurite Glasses for Optical Amplifiers

    • Luiz Carlos Barbosa, Cicero Omegna Filho, Enver Fernandez Chillcce
    Pages 131-153
  9. Broadband Emission in Tellurite Glasses

    • Kummara Venkata Krishnaiah, Jose Marques-Hueso, Raman Kashyap
    Pages 155-211
  10. Tellurite Glass Fibers for Mid-infrared Nonlinear Applications

    • Xian Feng, Peter Horak, Francesco Poletti
    Pages 213-239
  11. Tellurite Thin Films Produced by RF Sputtering for Optical Waveguides and Memory Device Applications

    • Luciana R. P. Kassab, Davinson M. da Silva, Vanessa D. del Cacho, Leonardo Bontempo, Sebastião G. dos Santos Filho, Marco Isaias Alayo Chavez
    Pages 241-257
  12. Laser Writing in Tellurite Glasses

    • T. Toney Fernandez, S. M. Eaton, G. Jose, R. Osellame, P. Laporta, J. Solis
    Pages 259-276
  13. Supercontinuum Generation in Tellurite Optical Fibers

    • Frédéric Désévédavy, Gregory Gadret, Jean-Charles Jules, Bertrand Kibler, Frédéric Smektala
    Pages 277-299
  14. Tellurite Glasses for Plasmonics

    • V. A. G. Rivera, F. A. Ferri, E. Marega Jr.
    Pages 301-330
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 331-335

About this book

This book is the first to provide a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis, optical properties, and photonics applications of tellurite glasses. The book begins with an overview of tellurite glasses, followed by expert chapters on synthesis, properties, and state-of-the-art applications ranging from laser glass, optical fibers, and optical communications through color tuning, plasmonics, supercontinuum generation, and other photonic devices. The book provides in-depth information on the the structural, linear, and non-linear optical properties of tellurite glasses and their implications for device development. Real-world examples give the reader valuable insight into the applications of tellurite glass. A detailed discussion of glass production methods, including raw materials and melting and refining oxide- and fluoro-tellurite glasses, is also included. The book features an extensive reference list for further reading.


This highly readable and didactic text draws on chemical composition, glass science, quantum mechanics, and electrodynamics. It is suitable for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing researchers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

    V.A.G. Rivera

  • Department of Chemistry, State University of Londrina - UEL, Londrina, Brazil

    Danilo Manzani

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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