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JOURNAL OF ELSEVIER Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 184 (1995) xi-xiv —————SS Contents PO his Ee 6 oe RHEL 08S Me ee Sos 0 6 5 es BSE PRs EES COA SS vii RG 0n 6 kee ee eee SOS SAW ARS a RES ere ree ee Orcas ix a bb be gh FE eh ew Oka SW Se OE eS SET EO DE Te Oe eae xl New chalcohalide glasses from the Sb,S,-MXn system Sa i OI hae ee eb koa SR ee ee ha ele we eRe 1 The optical properties of ZrF,-based glasses with extended Pr°* :'G, > °H, fluorescence life- times W.G. Jordan, A. Jha, M. Lunt, S.T. Davey, R. Wyatt and W.J. Rothwell ............... 5 Optical properties of fluoride glasses: a review rN he eal a ia ie le ce Gt Wea i ah Sh ke Se la ew ec 9 Non-conventional spaghetti-type glasses ka ak 6% ee Be re Od Wiig Ow BER ENB 58 s-4 ON Sa 21 High-purity chalcogenide glasses as materials for fiber optics I a ae aria Wy kc ah RC ne ga a cw elm gal arog 25 Chalcogenide glasses for acousto-optic devices ee ss as cole Wd Wk ee oe Vie bb el ew we Oe wwe 30 Material dispersion in optimized fluoroindate glasses A. Soufiane, F. Gan, H. L’Helgoualch and M. Poulain...............22. 2 cee ceeees 36 IR imageguide with As-S glass fibers i rs ee ne ke ke ROS KEW AA ee S we 40 Chalcogenide glasses: a review of their preparation, properties and applications IS oe pa ee ee as gia aw es WE OS Oe Ce ea 44 Film preparation and structure analysis of optical recording domains of amorphous Ge-Sb-Te F. Jiang, Y. Xu, M. Jiang and F.Gan.....2.. e.e w.ee. ee. e.e e ee be baw eed a 0S 51 Multiphonon pumping in Er*>+ ZBLAN bulk and fibre, the first step for the photon avalanche process ht eG gig kh a eRe ek ee eee ee We 57 Cadmium mixed halide glass for optical amplification at 1.3 wm E.R. Taylor, B.N. Samson, D.W. Hewak, J.A. Medeiros Neto, D.N. Payne, S. Jordery, M. i oe a oie ee 4 aw oe ae Oe a 2 ee 0 2 lO EE ha 61 Zinc halide glasses with improved thermal characteristics Se, es eo a aN be ark ow Wb ed Ow Awe eek ace bie be Oe ® 68 New cadmium fluorochloride glasses es a i I sd py ere bw Welw Oe la eels 6k fe AMO ~ Ole aeOk is 72 Design of compatible glass compositions for heavy metal fluoride fibres eae, ne, 0. PE ERD, GPU nk ce cece cen eet ee eeeeeeeeweness 79 xii Contents New high-density fluoride glasses doped with CeF, W. Zhou, S.W. Martin, D. Schwellenbach and J. Hauptman ...................000. 84 Preparation and characterization of amorphous ZrF, thin films ee ne Ge oe ae WN see ed ae ee ee ee ee ee 93 Avalanche upconversion in Tm?+-doped BIGaZYTZr glass M.F. Joubert, S. Guy, C. Linarés, B. Jacquier and J.L.Adam..................0000- 98 New trends in halide glass compositions I a a a ee ee es See eee eee et OH OS O88 OOS ER NG Ow 103 Influence of various divalent metal fluorides on the properties of glasses in the ZrF,-AIF, system J. Qiu, K. Maeda, A. Konishi, R. Terai and K. Kadono.........2..0 .e.e .ce.ee.e s 109 Some comments on the thermodynamic aspects of glass formation in fluoride systems pi a ar ee ee ee eee 114 Multiphonon relaxations in chloro—fluoride glasses re ee ee ee ere a a re ee ee 119 Novel chalcohalide glasses in the As-Ge—Ag—Se-Te-I system eb a hk ee ee Oe 8 RO ENO Oe 8 ae 124 Formation and crystallization of As,Te,—-HgI, chalcogenide—halide glasses eaeae os 08 O68 ON OR eh Oe ws 128 Properties of some oxynitride glass fibers Wa, Seeernpeeroees WN C.2, FEMS. weee eh wer eee ee eee eee eee 133 Oxychloride glasses based on the TeO,—-ZnO-ZnCl, system a ee eee We ih wo Waele aeb en Oe Oe ee 8 137 Some physical properties of new oxyfluoride glasses R. El-Mallawany, A.H. Khafagy, M.A. Ewaida, I.Z. Hager, M.A. Poulain and M.J. Poulain... 141 Synthesis of fluorozirconate glasses doped with aluminium nitride and some of their properties cs og hei a se ee se ee bw ew ee eb ee week ee ei 147 High-pressure synthesis of nitride glasses T. Grande, S. Jacob, J.R. Holloway, P.F. McMillan and C.A. Angell .................. 151 Structural study of ion-conducting MX-K (or Rb)X-—CsX-BaX, halide glasses (M = Li, Cu or Ag) with single X species (X = Cl, Br or ID Y. Kawamoto, R. Kanno, M. Shojiya and K. Kadono ..............ee.e .ee0e2ee0ee 155 Short range ordering in transition metal fluoride glasses as shown by EPR a, heeee wie e b bw eee be beneee 160 Room temperature synthesis of fluoride glasses ee Ee ai GS he ee eee eee ee hee ae eee ee abeeber 166 X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamics study of ThF,-BaF,—LiF glass ig eS ia a 4 ee ok re ee we 172 Structure and some physical properties in relation to average co-ordination number, (7), in TeX and TeXAs glasses I ea ea eg ee ae Gey eo 6 be Oo A OA Ee wlateee wkd OS 177 Vapour-phase deposition of rare-earth-doped PZG glasses ci enn A. Oe ceece tect h eute eeeeeeen 184 New highly stabilized AIF,-based glasses T. Iqbal, M.R. Shahriari, G. Weitz and G.H. Sigel Jr... . 2... 20... 0... cee ee eee ee eee 190 Electrochemical purification and GFAAS analysis of heavy metal fluoride glass S. Bao, P.J. Newman, A. Voelkel, Z. Zhou and D.R. MacFarlane..................-. 194 Tellurium halide glass fibers: preparation and applications C. Blanchetiére, K. Le Foulgoc, H.L. Ma, X.H. Zhang and J. Lucas .................. 200 Contents xiii Preparation in vapour state of fluoride glass components by a chemical vapour deposition process Pra SO teel, F: SOOTY Te Ts SON oo oe ih ob oe OREN eh eee i ee 204 Resistant oxide coatings for heavy metal fluoride glasses M. Hartmann, G.H. Frischat, K. H6gerl and G.F. West .........2..40.0 .ee.ee.ee e 209 New lead-halide-based glass-forming systems Fi; Oy OE ioe ERS Hehe we he HEM ek ewe eee eels ae BO emereed 213 Preparation of a Nd°**-doped fluorozirconate glass laser fiber oa, Fey ec 3 Es ee, Re OS IO non kh ek Vee ae 218 Fluoride glass planar optical waveguides C. Charron, E. Fogret, G. Fonteneau, R. Rimet and J. Lucas...................0008. 222 A review of fluoride fibres for optical amplification B.J. Ainslie, S.T. Davey, D. Szebesta, J.R. Williams, M.W. Moore, T. Whitley and R. Wyatt... 225 Praseodymium-doped cadmium mixed halide glasses for 1.3 ~m amplification R.F. Bartholomew, B.G. Aitken and M.A. Newhouse. .............0ce0e 0ee0ee0es e 229 The emission characteristics of Nd**-doped fluoride glass fiber ny ee Rk i a A ee Ea a GS BRA es RET RRS 234 Improvement of gain flatness of optical fluoride fiber amplifiers for multiwavelength transmission M. Semenkoff, M. Guibert, D. Ronarc’h, Y. Sorel and J.F. Kerdiles .................. 240 The role of GaF, in high numerical aperture heavy metal fluoride fibres R.S. Rowe, G. Rosman, C.G. Byrne, J. Javorniczky, P.J. Newman and D.R. MacFarlane..... 244 High erbium content heavy metal fluoride glasses J.S. Javorniczky, P.J. Newman, D.R. MacFarlane, D.J. Booth and V. Bogdanov........... 249 New germanium sulfide-based glasses 7. Den, 5a. TA SF, EO no sk kk hh oe et Se wee we ee Oe Oe 254 Optical investigation of fluoride glass planar waveguides made by vapour phase deposition O. Perrot, L. Guinvarc’h, D. Benhaddou, P.C. Montgomery, R. Rimet, B. Boulard and C. I as as Vcd a ee We es bes PO aS REE RAS Oe Oe 257 Effects of impurities in cadmium halide glasses for 1.3 ~m amplifier S. Jordery, M. Naftaly, A. Jha and B.N. Samson ......2.... ee. eee. ee.e e.e e.e e ee 263 Properties of a matched halide glass pair for the fabrication of large numerical aperture core—cladding preform structures a a rg ke ae iyo w Sak Oe a a ee een 268 Sodium fluorometaphosphate glasses with high rare earth ion concentrations oe, See, Fe, en SO, EE nk so kn 6s eS ie hee 0 0 ee ee OWA Oe le 273 Investigation of multiphonon assisted side band absorptions in rare-earth-doped halide glasses and crystals Dae is eae ed Og ene ak ere kr wade Sak ae a Oa oe ae 278 Ultraviolet-induced permanent Bragg gratings in Ce-doped fluorozirconate glasses or optical fibres H. Poignant, S. Boj, E.D elevaque, M. Monerie, T. Taunay, P. Niay, P. Bernage and W.X. Xie . 282 Fluorescence line narrowing spectroscopy of europium(III) ions in a fluorozirconate glass M.T. Harrison, R:.G. Denning and §.T. Davey .... 2... ccc cc ccc ce ee eet eee eeee 286 The application of Ga: La:S-based glass for optical amplification at 1.3 wm J.A. Medeiros Neto, E.R. Taylor, B.N. Samson, J. Wang, D.W. Hewak, R.I. Laming, D.N. Payne, E. Tarbox, P.D. Maton, G.M. Roba, B.E. Kinsman and R. Hanney............... 292 The influence of oxygen on the oxidation state of iron in ZBLAN glasses er 2 a i a a Se aha ee we RE Oe KOE oe 297 xiv Contents The effects of Te, I atoms on the properties and structure of Ge—As-—Se system glasses J. Feu, . Wee, CE. CGM, W. SIRT OME TE. TOE wc ct etc eee ee eee bees 302 Upconversion luminescence of Ga,S,-based sulfide glasses containing Er** ions K. Kadono, H. Higuchi, M. Takahashi, Y. Kawamoto and H. Tanaka ................. 309 Stability study on heating and determination of critical cooling rates of fluorozirconate glasses PE eee ee ee ee ee ee eee a eres ee 314 Chemical and physical compatibilities of fluoride and fluorophosphate glasses ee es ee Pe Gs IS 4s 56 ok Sls 25s Fe we ee wc be ee ee eee oe ees 319 Analysis of Fe, Cu, Ni and Co in fluoride glasses and their precursors P.J. Newman, A.T. Voelkel and D.R. MacFarlane....2..0.0.2 .c c.ee. c.ee. e.e e.ve s 324 Alkali-doped heavy metal fluoride glasses studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy A.J. Hill, P.J. Newman, J. Javorniczky and D.R. MacFarlane.................20000.% 329 High numerical aperture heavy metal fluoride glass combinations for single-mode optical fibres J.S. Javorniczky, P.J. Newman and D.R. MacFarlane.........0.c c.e. e.c .ce.ve2ee 336 Infrared to visible conversion in rare-earth-doped planar waveguides M.F. Joubert, A. Remillieux, B. Jacquier, J. Mugnier, B. Boulard, O. Perrot and C. Jacoboni . . 341 Effects of oxides in cadmium mixed halide glass i; en a Se GUI OE; I Sos ee eA wee re ee OS Fluoride glass synthesis by sol—gel process ee ee ee eee a Cee ka ee ed oe eee wees Molecular dynamics simulation of heavy metal fluoride glasses: comparison of Buckingham and BHM potentials a ee ED GP, SI oy 6 h-hh wk eee a a ee a we we eeRc tyes iece Geng ak BC GN t ae he SA LW OK 6 ee IE rhs Ss ore cs A OMS RR 6 Ok eee sR 4S Ew we os A