Download or read book Active Glass for Photonic Devices written by K. Hirao and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.