[HTML][HTML] The past, present and future of photonic glasses: A review in homage to the United Nations International Year of glass 2022

W Blanc, YG Choi, X Zhang, M Nalin… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the invention and further development of lasers in the 1960s, photonics has grown
into a field that permeates virtually every aspect of modern life. As photonics deals with the …

Recent advances in soft optical glass fiber and fiber lasers

WC Wang, B Zhou, SH Xu, ZM Yang… - Progress in Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
High-power single-frequency fiber lasers with exceptional properties, such as mode-hop-
free and narrower linewidths, lower noise, and compact all-fiber designs, have been …

High Verdet constant materials for magneto-optical Faraday rotation: A review

KJ Carothers, RA Norwood, J Pyun - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Faraday effect is a magneto-optical (MO) phenomenon by which the polarization
direction of linearly polarized light is rotated when passing through a transparent material …

Advancing the mechanical performance of glasses: perspectives and challenges

L Wondraczek, E Bouchbinder, A Ehrlicher… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glasses are materials that lack a crystalline microstructure and long‐range atomic order.
Instead, they feature heterogeneity and disorder on superstructural scales, which have …

Facile synthesis of mono-disperse sub-20 nm NaY (WO 4) 2: Er 3+, Yb 3+ upconversion nanoparticles: a new choice for nanothermometry

M Lin, L Xie, Z Wang, BS Richards, G Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a novel optical nanothermometer based on ultra-small NaY (WO4) 2: Er3+, Yb3+
(NYW: Yb, Er) upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). The monodisperse, diamond-shaped …

[HTML][HTML] Verdet constant of magneto-active materials developed for high-power Faraday devices

D Vojna, O Slezák, A Lucianetti, T Mocek - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
We review the progress in the investigation of the Verdet constant of new magneto-active
materials for the Faraday-effect-based devices used in high-power laser systems. A practical …

[HTML][HTML] Fiber optic sensors based on the Faraday effect

P Mihailovic, S Petricevic - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some 175 years ago Michael Faraday discovered magnetic circular birefringence, now
commonly known as the Faraday effect. Sensing the magnetic field through the influence …

Up‐conversion fluorescent labels for plastic recycling: a review

G Gao, A Turshatov, IA Howard, D Busko… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for more efficient and complete sorting techniques for plastic waste is growing,
and one possible solution isbased on fluorescent labeling. Novel fluorescent labels based …

Magneto-optical glass mixed with Tb3+ ions: High Verdet constant and luminescence properties

H Yang, Z Zhu - Journal of Luminescence, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with crystal and transparent ceramics, magneto-optical glass is an attractive
choice for applications in communication and larger power laser systems. However, the …

Upconversion nanocrystal‐doped glass: a new paradigm for photonic materials

J Zhao, X Zheng, EP Schartner… - Advanced Optical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of novel luminescent nanomaterials into glassy matrix can lead to new
hybrid materials and photonic devices with promising material performance and device …