Sol-gel Derived Optical and Photonic Materials

1. Sol-gel derived anti-reflective coatings for high fluence lasers
Tayyab Suratwala
2. Photocatalytic, self-cleaning coatings
Marta Irene Litter
3. 1-D multilayer photonic crystals
Rui M. Almeida
4. Design and Implementation of 2-D Photonic Crystals using Sol-Gel Materials
Meng Lu
5. 3-D photonic crystals, inverse opals
Maurizio Ferrari
6. Hybrid sol-gel materials for photonics
Sidney JL Ribeiro
7. Active hybrid materials with light emitting properties
Luis Dias Carlos
8. Hybrid materials for patterning and waveguiding
Jian Xu
9. Semiconductor quantum dot-doped sol-gel materials for non-linear optics
Alessandro Martucci
10. Lanthanide-doped transparent glass ceramics
Alicia Durán
11. Sol-gel derived phosphors for optical applications
Rocío Rojas-Hernandez
12. White light generation
Audrey Potdevin
13. Optical gas sensors
Alessandro Martucci
14. Sol-Gel Materials for Optical and Electrooptical Applications
David Levy
15. Sol-gel materials for optical fibers
Bruno Capoen
16. Multifunctional magnetic, optical and electrical nanomaterials processed by sol-gel method
Mihail Secu

Sol-gel derived optical and photonic materials reviews the recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of optical and photonic materials, components and devices. Thin films and coatings, the most important category of sol-gel derived materials with optical, electronic, and magnetic functionalities are discussed in the book. Specifically, photoresist and dielectric layers, flat screen displays, anti-reflective coatings, conducting and magnetic disk coatings and photochromic, electrochromic and photovoltaic coatings are addressed.

Sol-gel derived optical and photonic materials are typically higher performing materials because they have molecular homogeneity and are easy to fabricate. Key materials such as materials for graded index optical components, solar control coatings, phosphors, glass ceramics, and layered photonic structures are addressed.

Sol-gel derived optical and photonic materials is suitable for those working in materials science, physics, engineering and chemistry disciplines in academia and R&D.

• Reviews wide range of sol-gel derived coatings including reflective and anti-reflective, self-cleaning, and electrochromic
• Discusses latest advances in sol-gel derived photonic crystals including one dimensional, two dimensional, and three dimensional structures
• Addresses key applications in solid state lighting, solar cells, sensors, fiber optics, and magneto-optical devices

Researchers in Materials Science, Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry disciplines working in academia and R&D disciplines