1. Fluoride glass synthesis

1.1 Glass compositions

Fluoride glasses were discovered accidentally in 1975 by M. Poulain at the University of Rennes, while working on crystallized compounds based on ZrF ₄ . This type of glass could not be predicted by any of the criteria commonly used for oxide glasses (Goldschmidt, Sun, Rawson...).

One of the most stable compositions, and therefore the most widely used, is ZBLAN acronym glass. In this glass, ZrF ₄...

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Bibliography

(1) - POULAIN (M.), LUCAS (J.), BRUN (P.) - Verres fluorés au tétrafluorure de zirconium. Propriétés optiques d'un verre dopé au Nd ³⁺ . - Mat. Res. Bull., 10, p. 243-246 (1975).
(2) - POULAIN (M.), SOUFIANE (A.), MESSADDEQ (Y.),...