A highly crystalline phase of silver nanoparticles was successfully synthesized using silver
nitrate as the precursor and trisodium citrate dihydrate as the chelating agent. Rietveld …

Glass layers for planar light waveguides prepared by Ag–Na ion exchange of different
silicate glasses in molten salt baths are annealed and/or irradiated with a laser beam in the …

The irradiation of silver-to-sodium ion-exchanged glass with 1.06-μm nanosecond laser
pulses of mJ-range energy results in the formation of silver nanoparticles under the glass …

The radiofrequency magnetron sputtering codeposition is a versatile technique to obtain Er-
doped glass films, ie, optical materials characterized by the emission of an intense …

The growth of silver nanoparticles in mesostructured hybrid silica films under laser
illumination is investigated by optical absorption spectroscopy and transmission electron …

Planar light waveguides prepared by Ag–Na ion exchange in molten salt bath are irradiated
with Nd: YAG laser beams at different wavelengths in the IR and VIS regions, and for …

It has been shown that glasses containing silver metal nanoparticles are promising
photonics materials for the fabrication of all-optical components. The resulting optical …

Ion exchange process is widely used to dope silicate glass layers with silver for several
applications, ranging from light waveguide to nanostructured composite glass fabrication …

One-, two-or three-dimensional arrays of closely spaced silver nanoparticles may lead to
new optical properties, due to short or long range coupling between their resonant surface …

The ion-exchange process is widely used to dope silicate glass layers with silver, aimed at
controlling the Ag state in view of possible applications, ranging from light waveguide …