Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize
astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity …

Fluoride phosphate/fluorophosphate (FP) glasses form an intriguing material's basis for
diverse applications in optics, photonics and energy storage. The optimization of the …

Expansive soils have typical expansion and contraction properties. Under the action of dry-
wet cycles, the mechanical properties and cracking behaviour of expansive soil change …

Fluorophosphate glasses are investigated following the composition law (1–x)(70NaPO3–
30BaF2)–x TbF3 with x= 35, 40, 45, and 50 mol%. Bubble-free vitreous rods of 5 cm length …

Abstract Europium (Eu 3+)-doped fluorophosphate (PNCA: P 2 O 5+ NaF+ CaF 2+ AlF 3)
glasses with the addition of cerium (Ce 3+) ions were fabricated by the melt-quenching …

We report a detailed structural investigation of a series of fluoride–phosphate glasses with
different phosphate/fluoride ratios in the system xSr (PO3) 2–(100− x)[AlF3–CaF2–SrF2 …

We report near-infrared to ultraviolet (UV) upconversion emissions in triply-doped Gd3+–
Tm3+–Yb3+ fluoride–phosphate glasses. Emission at 310 nm, originated from the Gd3+ …

Here we report on the production of crystal-free light guiding fibers using a preform-to-fiber
approach in the germano-gallate glass system Ga_2O_3-GeO_2-BaO-La_2O_3-Y_2O_3 for …

BGG-Bi_2O_3 glasses with composition 40GeO_2–20Ga_2O_3–40BaO: x Bi_2O_3 (x= 0,
1, 2, 4, 6, 8-1.0 mol%) were analyzed in terms of optical, thermal properties and structure …

The local structure of the model glasses (NaPO3) 1–x-(AlF3) x (0≤ x≤ 0.4), prepared by
standard melt-cooling, was extensively investigated by high-resolution solid-state nuclear …