Advances in Glass and Optical Materials II

Provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers on glass and optical materials as presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Glass and Optical Materials. Sections on structure and properties, optical applications, glass modeling, and industrial applications are included. Part I : Structure and Properties

Material Dispersion of Oxide and Fluoroaluminate Glasses (Pages: 1-12)
Tomohisa Komiya, Shigeru Fujino, Makoto Kuwabara

Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Li2O-Ga2O3-SiO2-NiO System Transparent Glass-Ceramics (Pages: 13-20)
Takenobu Suzuki, Yoshihide Nakatsubata, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Yasutake Ohishi

Ultrasonic Velocity and Elastic Properties of Alkali Borate Glasses (Pages: 21-36)
Masao Kodama, Seiji Kojima, Steven A. Feller, Mario Affatigato

Medium-Range Structural Changes of Covalent Chalcogenide Glasses and Fluorescence Lifetimes of Doped Rare Earths (Pages: 37-43)
Y. G. Choi, W. J. Chung, B. J. Park, H. S. Seo, J. T. Ahn

Compositional Dependence of Refractive Index in Tellurite Glasses (Pages: 45-52)
S. Akamine, T. Nanba, Y. Miura, S. Sakida

Optical Properties of Rare Earth Ions in Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses (Pages: 53-62)
R. Yamaguchi, M. Muguruma, T. Nanba, Y. Miura, S. Sakida

Part II : Optical Applications

Novel Oxide-Based Glasses for Raman Gain Applications (Pages: 63-81)
Clara Rivero, Robert Stegeman, George Stegeman, Kathleen Richardson, Thierry Cardinal, Evelyne Fargin, Michel Couzi, Philippe Thomas, Jean-Claude Champarnaud-Mesjard

Recording of Robust Holographic Optical Elements in Glass (Pages: 83-97)
Leonid B. Glebov

Fabrication of the Pr3+ Doped Ge-Ga-Sb-Se Glass Optical Fiber for U-Band Application (Pages: 99-106)
Woon Jin Chung, Hong Seok Seo, Bong Je Park, Joon Tae Ahn, Yong Gyu Choi

Optical Properties of Waveguides of Er3+-Doped Tellurite Glasses Prepared by Ag+-Na+ Ion-Exchange (Pages: 107-116)
S. Sakida, T. Nanba, Y. Miura

Surface and Inner Modification of Densified Silica Glass by Infrared Laser Irradiation (Pages: 117-126)
Naoyuki Kitamura, Kohei Fukimi, Junji Nishii, Shohei Yasuda, Haruko Horiguchi, Hiromitsu Kozuka, Haruki Okuno, Nobuhito Ohno

Optical Properties of Bi2O3-La2O3-Al2O3-B2O3 Glasses (Pages: 127-133)
S. Sumimiya, T. Nanba, Y. Miura, S. Sakida

New Phospho-Tellurite Glasses for Ultra-Broadband Fiber Raman Amplifiers (Pages: 135-140)
G. Senthil Murugan, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi

Organic Dye Doped Silica Glasses Produced from Silica Nano-Particles by Using High Pressure at Room Temperature (Pages: 141-147)
Naoyuki Kitamura, Kohei Fukumi, Junji Nishii

Part III : Glass Modeling

AB Initio Modeling of Glasses in the Sulfur-Selenium System (Pages: 149-163)
John C. Mauro, Arun K. Varshneya

Chemical Bonding Character of the Network Forming Bonds in Oxide Glasses (Pages: 165-177)
Tokuro Nanba, Shinichi Sakida, Yoshinari Miura

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Crystalline and Vitreous Silica (Pages: 179-187)
A. Takada

A Theoretical Interpretation of 17O NMR Spectra in Borosilicate Glasses (Pages: 189-196)
M. Urushihara, T. Nanba, Y. Miura, S. Sakida

Part IV : Industrial Applications

Quantitative Characterization of Nano-Scale Residual Stresses in Crystalline and Glassy Electronic Devices Performed into the Scanning Electron Microscope (Pages: 197-208)
Giuseppe Pezzotti, Andrea Leto

Nano-Scale Stress Measurement and Property Characterization of Silica-Based Electro Optical Devices Using their Native Defects Luminescence (Pages: 209-217)
Andrea Leto, Giuseppe Pezzotti

Properties of Manganese Tin Phosphate Glass for Novel Lead-Free Glass System (Pages: 219-226)
Hirohisa Masuda

Metal Phosphate Low-Melting Glasses Prepared by a Non-Aqueous Acid-Base Reaction (Pages: 227-233)
Bouzid Menaa, Megumi Mizuno, Masahide Takahashi, Yomei Tokuda, Toshinobu Yoko, Bouzid Menaa, Masahide Takahashi

Author Index (Pages: 235-236)

Mario Affatigato, Associate Professor of Physics
Dr. Mario Affatigato received his undergraduate degree from Coe College and his doctorate in physics from Vanderbilt University. He is currently back at Coe as an associate professor of physics. His work focuses on the study of glass and the use of optics to investigate its structure. His work was recognized by the National Science Foundation through a Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), which he received at the White House in February of 1999. Dr. Affatigato maintains a very active research program that involves close to ten undergraduate students every summer, and he is also the Site Director of Coe's Research Experiences for Undergraduates site, one of the few national NSF sites at a small college. He has been involved with the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society for over a decade, and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Division.