International Symposium on Photonic Glass Book

	Symposium Committees
	Preface
	From optical glass to photonic glass	1
	The role of glass in photonics	7
	Photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses: subgap photon effects	16
	Thin films for optics and photonics through nanoparticle technology	24
	Integrated optical amplifiers based on rare-earth-doped oxide glasses	34
	Novel amplifier glasses for broadband WDM telecommunication	41
	Formation of optical coupling structure between silica glass waveguides and molten tellurite glass droplet	50
	Novel photonics polymer and its application in IT	59
	Spectral properties of erbium-doped HMO glasses for 1.5-[mu]m-broadband amplification	65
	Spectroscopic properties of Ho[superscript 3+]-doped chalcogenide glasses for 1.6-[mu]m (u-band) fiber optic amplifiers	70
	Photo-induced anisotropy and related phenomena in glass irradiated with ultrashort pulses	75
	Space-selective microscopic modifications of glass structure by a femtosecond laser	82
	Micro- and nanomachining of transparent dielectrics by two short interfered laser pulses	89
	Glass modification techniques for photonic devices	96
	Laser-based technology for micro-optics and photonics components fabrication	103
	Formation of gratings and two-dimensional photonic structures by laser-induced nanocrystallization	112
	Poling-induced structural change and second-harmonic generation in tellurite glasses	121
	Dependence of femtosecond laser irradiation and heat treatment on gold nanoparticle precipitation in silicate glass	128
	Space-selective precipitation of silver nanoparticles in AG[subscript 2]O-doped silicate glass by irradiation of femtosecond laser	133
	Study on laser-induced darkening in Nd-doped laser glasses	138
	Highly nonlinear chalcogenide glasses for all-optical switching	143
	Photoluminescence and NLO study of porous silicon and nanoparticle silicon in SIO[subscript 2] matrix	149
	Coloration and decoloration of glasses by photo-irradiation and heat treatment for easily recycled glass products
	Persistent spectral hole burning in rare-earth-ion-doped glasses	164
	Upconversion of glass ceramics and its application
	New theory of transient and steady state nucleation in glass	175
	Effect of high pressure on crystallization of Li[subscript 2]O-Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]-SiO[subscript 2] glass	181
	Photophysical properties and microstructural probe of photoactive organics in hybrid organic-inorganic optical solids	186
	Dynamical Faraday rotation properties of highly Tb[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]-concentrated borate glasses	193
	Photostimulated long-lasting phosphorescence in rare-earth-doped glasses	198
	Effect of Yb[superscript 3+] concentration on upconversion emission of Er[superscript 3+]-doped tellurite glass	203
	Upconversion phenomenon in Tm[superscript 3+]-doped tellurite glass	208
	Compositional dependence of the spectroscopic properties of Yb[superscript 3+] in silica-based glass for double-cladding fiber (DCF)	213
	Nonlinear response properties of femtosecond-laser-induced microstructures containing gold nanoparticles inside silicate glass	217
	Nonlinear absorption and optical limiting properties in sol-gel solidified gold nanorods	222
	Photoluminescence properties of Tb[superscript 3+]-doped heavy scintillating germanate glasses	227
	Experimental study on photonic bandgap extension in heterostructural photonic crystals	232
	Optical, luminescent, and stability properties of phodamine-B-doped TEOS-GPTMS gel glasses	237
	Influence of the ratio of oxygen to argon on the structure and properties of CuSc[subscript 1-x]Mg[subscript x]O[subscript 2] thin films prepared by rf sputtering	242
	Preparation and electrical and optical properties of CuScO[subscript 2]: Mg (4.5%) films in quartz by rf sputtering	248
	Study of silver film inside a silica capillary	254
	A method for UV trimming [Lambda]/4 phase-shifted DFB YB-doped fiber laser	259
	Characterization of rare-earth organic-complex-doped PMMA	264
	Structure and nonlinear optical performance of TeO[subscript 2]-Nb[subscript 2]O[subscript 5]-ZnO glass	270
	Luminescence behavior of Eu (TTFA)[subscript 3]-doped B[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]-SiO[subscript 2] film prepared by sol-gel process	276
	Infrared fiber sensors for applications in chemistry and biology	281
	Investigation on the fluorescence properties of Er-doped sol-gel silica glasses	288
	Synthesis and characterization of polymer-CDS nanocomposites	292
	Novel solid state dye laser gain medium with sandwich structure	297
	Preparation of metallic-dielectric spheres used to fabricate photonic crystals with electroless plating method	302
	Author Index	309