An overview of sol-gel guest-host materials chemistry for optical devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2997, Issue , 1997, Pages 48-59

  Andrews, Mark P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electro optics; Guest host glass composites; Hybrid glass; Integrated optics; Sol gel glass

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTRON TUBES; GELATION; GELS; GLASS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SOLIDS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MODULATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL VAPORS; ELECTRO-OPTICS; FLAME-HYDROLYSIS DEPOSITION (FHD); GUEST-HOST GLASS COMPOSITES; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); HOST MATERIALS; HYBRID GLASS; HYBRID SOL GELS; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; SOL - GEL; SOL-GEL GLASS;

POLYMERIC GLASS;

EID: 0041721866     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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