Fluoride Glasses for Photonics

From Glass Chemistry to Fibres, Lasers, and Integrated Components
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9286-11-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Advances in Optics and Optoelectronics

This book provides an engineering-led guide to fluoride and oxyfluoride glasses as photonic materials, explaining how to translate glass chemistry into reliable mid-infrared (mid-IR) fibres, components, and laser/amplifier systems. The main topics include: (i) foundations that distinguish fluoride hosts—low phonon energy, broad IR transparency, and favourable rare-earth spectroscopy; (ii) structure–property relationships and a quantitative framework for intrinsic and extrinsic optical loss (electronic/multiphonon edges, Rayleigh scattering, OH/hydration bands, transition-metal contamination, inclusions, and devitrification); (iii) manufacturing practice—raw-material selection, dehydration and fluorination routes, melt handling, contamination control, shaping, and fibre drawing; (iv) coverage of key glass families (e.g., fluorozirconates, fluoroindates, fluoroaluminates, and oxyfluorides) with clear selection logic; (v) rare-earth activators and spectroscopy, linking measured parameters (cross-sections, lifetimes, energy transfer, quenching, ESA) to device design; and (vi) critical fluoride-fibre devices such as FBGs, pump combiners, couplers, splices/tapers, endcaps, packaging, and reliability qualification. It is intended for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in optics, optical materials, optical engineering and related fields.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Pengfei

Xu, Changjun

Wang, Shunbin

Jia, Shijie

Wang, Xin

Jiang, Yiguang

Zhang, Long

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Lichtwellenleiter
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Toc.- Chapters.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Pengfei Wang is a Professor and Founder of the Advanced Laser Lab at Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. He received his PhD from Technological University Dublin in 2008 and had held research appointments at the Italian National Research Council, the University of Southampton, the Photonics Research Centre at TUD and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. His research focuses on optical glass materials, mid-infrared fibre lasers, integrated optics and computational photonics. By 2026, he had published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, received over 9,000 citations and achieved an h-index of 48. He is an Optica Fellow and a Senior Member of IEEE and SPIE.

Dr Changjun Xu is undertaking postdoctoral research at the Advanced Laser Lab at Northeast Normal University. He received his PhD from Harbin Engineering University in 2025 and serves as Principal Investigator for several grants, including projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. His research focuses on optical glass materials and mid-infrared glass fibre lasers.

Dr Shunbin Wang is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Harbin Engineering University. He received his PhD from Jilin University in 2017. His research interests include specialty glass fibres and mid-infrared fibre lasers. He is Principal Investigator of three projects, including projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. By 2026, he had published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 1,500 citations and an h-index of 24.

Dr Shijie Jia is a Professor at Harbin Engineering University. He received his PhD from Jilin University in 2018. His research focuses on photonic glass devices, specialty optical fibres and mid-infrared fibre lasers. By 2026, he had published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and held more than 10 authorised patents.

Dr Xin Wang is an Associate Professor at Harbin Engineering University. He received his PhD from Harbin Engineering University in 2020 and has held research positions at the University of Southampton and Shenzhen University. His research focuses on optical functional glasses and devices, including upconversion luminescence, magneto-optical glasses, optical storage devices and laser glasses. He serves as Principal Investigator for several grants and had authored 15 peer-reviewed papers by 2026.

Dr Yiguang Jiang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics. He is Deputy Director of the Advanced Laser and Optoelectronic Functional Materials Department and Director of the Infrared Optical Materials Research Centre. His research focuses on low-phonon fluoride optical materials, including mid-infrared fluoride glasses, fibres and devices. By 2026, he had published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and held more than 30 patents.

Dr Long Zhang is a Professor and Director of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics. He received his PhD from the Institute in 2000 and have been a Professor there since 2006. His research focuses on infrared optical materials and microstructural functional integration. By 2026, he had published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the American Ceramic Society’s Silicate Technology Innovation Leadership Award.