5. Conclusion
In the field of chalcogenide glasses, academic research and technology transfer have been feeding off each other for the past two decades. This dynamic, which has led to numerous scientific and technological innovations, is set to continue in the years ahead. Today, in terms of the material itself, research is continuing into the development of new stable glass compositions, transparent ever further into the infrared, beyond 20 μm. Glass of this type would further enhance the performance of fiber or integrated optics sensors, by broadening their spectral range. However, even if today the performance of planar fibers and waveguides, in terms of optical losses, is largely sufficient for these short-distance applications, the intrinsic purity of the glasses remains perfectible, and any reduction in the level of impurities in chalcogenide glasses will open up new prospects for the generation...
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Bibliography
Websites
The French glass portal http://www.verreonline.fr/v_plat/prop_trans1.php
Patents
Chalcogenide based cheap vitreous composition and production process FR1060133
Process for obtaining a glassy material optically transparent in the infrared, and optical device comprising such a material WO2012076527
Evanescent infrared wave sensors and method of manufacture PCT/EP 055038
Chemical species optical sensor operating in infrared WO2011042628...
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Production of chalcogenide glass, Umicore IR-Glass http://www.umicore.fr/NosActivites/Documents/Acigne.htm
Fluoride glass and fiber production, Le Verre Fluoré http://leverrefluore.com/
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