Semiconducting Chalcogenide Glass III

Chalcogenide glass is made up of many elements from the Chalcogenide group. This book is a comprehensive overview of designs of various chalcogenide glass devices, including switches, phase inverters, voltage stabilizers, oscillators, indicators and display control circuits, memory devices, and sensors.

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Chalcogenide glass is made up of many elements from the Chalcogenide group. The glass is transparent to infrared light and is useful as a semiconductor in many electronic devices. For example, chalcogenide glass fibers are a component of devices used to perform laser surgery.

Semiconducting Chalcogenide Glass III: Applications of Chalcogenide Glasses is a comprehensive overview of designs of various chalcogenide glass devices are presented, including switches, phase inverters, voltage stabilizers, oscillators, indicators and display control circuits, memory devices, and sensors. A special chapter is devoted to chalcogenide glass applications in optical fibers.

This collective monograph is intended to survey the current state of chalcogenide glass applications to facilitate further development.