Active Glass for Photonic Devices [electronic resource] : Photoinduced Structures and Their Application / edited by Kazuyuki Hirao, Tsuneo Mitsuyu, Jinhai Si, Jianrong Qiu

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.