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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author
Chapter 1: The Glass Menagerie
1.1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: Photosensitive Glasses
2.1: General Introduction
2.2: Photosensitizers
2.2.1: A More Detailed Mechanism
2.3: Electron and Hole Trapping
2.4: Photosensitive Glass Compositions
2.4.1: Noble Metal-Based
2.4.2: Copper-Based
2.4.3: Examples of Photosensitive Color
2.5: Optical Absorption from Nanoparticles
2.5.1: Computed Dielectric Functions
2.5.2: A Comparison of the Experimental Results
References
Chapter 3: Photosensitive Glass-Ceramics
3.1: Introduction and Background
3.2: Noble Metal Nucleation
3.3: Fota-Lite
3.4: Polychromatic Glass
3.4.1: Processes
3.4.1.1: First Exposure and Thermal Treatment
3.4.1.2: Second Exposure and Thermal Treatment
3.4.2: Microstructures and Mechanisms
3.4.3: Coloring Fota-Light
3.5: Fotoform
3.5.1: Chemical Machinability
3.5.2: SMILE™ Lens Arrays
3.5.3: Controlled CTE Fotoform
3.5.4: Other Variations
3.6: Second-Stage Nucleation
3.6.1: NaF/Nepheline
3.6.2: Exposure and Thermal Development
3.6.3: LiF/Li-Aluminosilicate
References
Chapter 4: Photorefractive Glasses
4.1: Introduction and Background
4.2: Photorefractive Effects in NaF-Based Glasses
4.2.1: Exposure and Thermal Treatment
4.2.2: Characterization of the Photorefractive Effect
4.3: Photorefractive Effect in Ag Halide-Containing Glasses
4.3.1: Experimental Results
4.4: Light-Induced Refractive Index Changes in Glasses
4.5: Background on Ge-Containing Glasses
4.5.1: H2-Loaded Silicogermanate Glass
4.5.2: Induced Refractive Index
4.5.3: Mechanism
4.6: Other Glass Compositions
4.6.1: Background
4.6.2: Exposure Results
4.7: Femtosecond Laser-Induced Index Changes
4.7.1: Background
4.7.2: Exposure
4.7.3: Mechanism
4.7.3.1: Color Center
4.7.3.2: Structural Change
References
Chapter 5: Photochromic Glass
5.1: Introduction and Background
5.1.1: Ag Halide-Based Glass Composition
5.1.2: Formation of the Ag Halide Phase
5.1.3: Model for Fading
5.1.4: Quantitative Model
5.2: Cu Halide Photochromic Glasses
5.2.1: Photochromic Behavior
5.2.2: Experimental Data
5.2.3: Exciton Feature
5.3: Other Related Studies
References
Chapter 6: Photoadaption
6.1: A Brief Introduction to the Photoadaption Phenomenon
6.2: Photo-Induced Color and Anisotropy
6.2.1: Absorption by UV Exposure
6.2.2: Thermally Darkened
6.2.3: Ag/Ion-Exchange Method of Induced Coloration
6.2.4: Thin-Film Method
6.3: The Ag/Ag Halide Bleaching Mechanism
6.4: The Model
6.4.1: The Optical Bleaching Mechanism
6.4.2: Anisotropy
Appendix 6A: The Theory of Surface Plasmon Absorption
Appendix 6B: A Model Calculation for Induced Anisotropy
References
Chapter 7: Solarization
7.1: Background
7.1.1: Possible Origins of Color Centers in Glass
7.2: Experimental Results
7.2.1: Impurity-Induced Solarization
7.2.1.1: Ti+4 Impurity
7.2.1.2: Other Impurity Ions
7.3: Inherent Color Centers
7.3.1: Alkali Aluminosilicates
7.3.2: Alkali Borosilicates
7.3.3: Qualitative Mechanisms
7.3.4: Thermal Annealing
7.4: X-Ray-Induced Solarization
7.5: Light-Induced Defects
7.5.1: Experimental Results
7.5.2: Mechanisms
Appendix 7A: A Photoconductivity Study
References
Chapter 8: Photochemistry in Porous Glass
8.1: Introduction
8.1.1: Porous Glass
8.2: The Photosensitive Process
8.2.1: Photosensitive Sample Preparation
8.2.2: Photosensitive Molecules
8.2.3: Exposure Sources and Methods
8.3: Photosensitive Applications
8.3.1: The Photo-Induced Magnetic Phase
8.3.1.1: Sample Preparation
8.3.1.2: Magnetic Properties
8.3.2: Induced Refractive Index Changes
8.3.3: Other Photosensitive/Vycor Phenomena
8.3.3.1: The Preparation of the Semiconductor Nanophase
8.3.3.2: Photocatalysis
References
Chapter 9: Polarizing Glass
9.1: Introduction
9.1.1: History and Background
9.2: Novel Process Development
9.2.1: Description of the New Method
9.2.2: The Theory
9.2.3: SEM Images
9.2.4: Performance and Applications
9.3: Stretched Ag-Containing Glasses
9.3.1: Pt-Doped Ag-Containing Glass
9.3.2: Pt-Initiated Nucleating Mechanism
9.3.3: The Process
9.3.4: Polarized Glass Results
Appendix 9A: The Method of High Temperature Redraw
References
Index
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