Chalcogenide glasses: structural properties and applications in photonics

Abstract

Due to their unique properties such as high IR transparency, numerous photoinduced effects, high non-linear optical properties, etc., chalcogenide glasses (CG) are perspective materials for various applications in the modern photonics and nanotechnology. CG are widely used in versatile technological applications for fabrication of optical elements and devices for optoelectronics, holography and information storage media. In present report the investigation results of chalcogenides glasses (CG) structural properties and their applications are reviewed. EDX, XRD, EXAFS, AFM, SEM techniques and Raman spectroscopy were used as tools in studying the structural properties of CG’s. As2S3-As2Se3, As2S3-Sb2S3, Ge-As-Se, Ge-As-S, Ge-Sb-Te, Ga-Ge-Te and Ge-S-Ag, Ag–As–S, As2S3: Mn chalcogenide glasses.