Reversible giant photocontraction in chalcogenide glass

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18581-18589

  Calvez, Laurent ^b   Yang, Zhiyong ^a   Lucas, Pierre ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES;

CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; FRAGILE GLASS; GLASS SURFACES; HIGH INTENSITY; LOW COORDINATION; PHOTOEXPANSION; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; UNDER-CONSTRAINED;

GLASS;

EID: 70350339477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018581     Document Type: Article

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