Chalcogenide glass and photonics

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the Glass and Amorphous Materials subtree

Ge / As / Se / Te chalcogenides have low phonon energies enabling mid-IR optics; photo-darkening and photo-induced refractive-index changes underpin DVD-RW and PCM memory.

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