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PrefaceJ.-L. Adam and X.-H. Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Preparation and investigation of high purity Ge–Te–AgI glasses for optical applicationV.S. Shiryaev, A.P. Velmuzhov, M.F. Churbanov, A.D. Plekhovich, C. Boussard-Plédel, J. Troles, C. Conseil and V.G. Plotnichenko . . . . . 1

New chalcogenide glasses in the GeSe2–Ga2Se3–In2Se3 and GeSe2–Ga2Se3–PbSe domainsM. Hubert, L. Calvez and X.-H. Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Preparation of chalcogenide glasses of As–S, Ge–S, Ge–Se systems from monoisotopic elementsМ.F. Churbanov, G.Е. Snopatin, V.S. Shiryaev, М.V. Sukhanov, Т.V. Kotereva, L.A. Koroleva, V.G. Plotnichenko, V.V. Koltashev,А.М. Kutyin and А.D. Plekhovich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Thermo-physical properties of 0.72TeO2–0.24WO3–0.04La2O3 glassA.M. Kut'in, V.V. Dorofeev, A.N. Moiseev, M.F. Churbanov, A.D. Plehovich and A.V. Markin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Study of glass transition process in quasi-binary As2S3–CdS chalcogenidesS.R. Lukić-Petrović, M.D. Vučkovac, G.R. Štrbac and D.D. Štrbac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Thermal properties of phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5 doped with BiA. Sherchenkov, S. Kozyukhin, A. Babich and P. Lazarenko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

New insights on the crystallization process in Ge15Sb85 phase change material: A simultaneous calorimetric and quick-EXAFSmeasurementP. Zalden, G. Aquilanti, C. Prestipino, O. Mathon, B. André and M.-V. Coulet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Structure of As2Se3 and As − Se network glasses: Evidence for coordination defects and homopolar bondingM. Bauchy and M. Micoulaut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Structure and dynamics of liquid AsSe4 from ab initio molecular dynamics simulationM. Bauchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Bond-changing structural rearrangement in glassy As3Se7 associated with long-term physical agingR. Golovchak, B. Bureau, O. Shpotyuk, V. Boyko and M. Hyla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Radiation-induced effects in chalcogenide amorphous semiconductors: On the role of destruction–polymerization transformationsYa. Shpotyuk and M. Shpotyuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Free volume fragmentation in glassy chalcogenides during natural physical ageing as probed by PAL spectroscopyR. Golovchak, A. Ingram, S. Kozyukhin and O. Shpotyuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Physical properties of the GexSe1− x glasses in the 0bxb0.42 range in correlation with their structureG. Yang, Y. Gueguen, J.-C. Sangleboeuf, T. Rouxel, C. Boussard-Plédel, J. Troles, P. Lucas and B. Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Potassium ionic exchange in glasses for mechanical property improvementV. Leboeuf, J.-P. Blondeau, D. De Sousa Meneses and O. Véron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Electrical, dielectric and optical properties of Sb2O3–PbCl2–MoO3 glassesV. Labaš, M. Poulain, M. Kubliha, V. Trnovcová and F. Goumeidane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Compositional dependence of Se2− color center formation in silicate glassesJ. Choi, B.J. Park, Y.G. Choi, J. Heo and W.J. Chung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Influence of composition and preparation conditions on some physical properties of TeO2–Sb2O3–PbCl2 GlassesO. Bošák, P. Kostka, S. Minárik, V. Trnovcová, J. Podolinčiaková and J. Zavadil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Ion mobility and thermal properties of glasses in the BiF3–LiF and BiF3–LiF–ZrF4 systemsV. Kavun, E. Merkulov, V. Kharchenko, A. Slobodyuk and V. Goncharuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Investigation of electrical and optical properties of Ge–Ga–As–S glasses doped with rare-earth ionsJ. Zavadil, M. Kubliha, P. Kostka, M. Iovu, V. Labas and Z.G. Ivanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Optical properties of Ge28Ga6.2S65.3:Er0.5 glass: Stark levels and optical gain coefficientC. Koughia, M.G. Brik, G. Soundararajan and S. Kasap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Spectroscopic properties and Judd–Ofelt analysis of Dy3+-doped and Dy3+, Tm3+-codped Ge–In–S chalcogenide glassesH. Guo, Y. Xu, H. Chen, X. Cui, Z. Qiao, S. Gu, C. Hou, W. Meng, C. Lu and B. Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Spectroscopic investigation of Nd3+ single doped and Eu3+/Nd3+ co-doped phosphate glass for solar pumped lasersN.G. Boetti, D. Negro, J. Lousteau, F.S. Freyria, B. Bonelli, S. Abrate and D. Milanese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Up- and down-conversion in Yb3+–Pr3+ co-doped fluoride glasses and glass ceramicsB. Dieudonné, B. Boulard, G. Alombert-Goget, A. Chiasera, Y. Gao, S. Kodjikian and M. Ferrari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Spectroscopy and energy transfer in Nd3+/Yb3+ codoped chalcohalide glassesA. Miguel, B. Fan, R. Balda, X. Zhang, J. Fernández and J.L. Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Influence of PbF2 concentration on spectroscopic properties of Eu3+ and Dy3+ ions in lead borate glassesL. Żur, J. Pisarska and W.A. Pisarski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Erbium doped heavy metal oxide glasses for mid-infrared laser materialsY. Guo, Y. Tian, L. Zhang, L. Hu and J. Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

High-resolution X-ray imaging with samarium-doped fluoroaluminate and fluorophosphate glassA. Edgar, C.R. Varoy, C. Koughia, G. Okada, G. Belev and S. Kasap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Local structure around Er3+ in GeO2–TeO2–Nb2O5–K2O glasses and glass-ceramicsG. Monteiro, L.F. Santos, R.M. Almeida and F. D'Acapito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Samarium-doped oxyfluoride borophosphate glasses for x-ray dosimetry in Microbeam Radiation TherapyV. Martin, G. Okada, D. Tonchev, G. Belev, T. Wysokinski, D. Chapman and S. Kasap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Luminescence properties of micrometric structures induced by direct laser writing in silver containing phosphate glassK. Bourhis, A. Royon, G. Papon, L. Canioni, N. Makria, Y. Petit and T. Cardinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Optical non-linearity in nano- and micro-crystallized glassesH. Tao, X. Zhao and Q. Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Z-scan and optical Kerr shutter studies of silver nanoparticles embedded bismuthate glassesF. Chen, J. Cheng, S. Dai and Q. Nie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Electronic and atomic structure of amorphous thin films with high-resolution XPS: Examples of applications & limitationsA. Kovalskiy, R. Golovchak, M. Vlcek and H. Jain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Effect of broadband light on Ag/As2S3 multilayersF. Sava, A. Velea, M. Popescu, A. Lőrinczi, I.-D. Simandan, A.M. Vlaicu, G. Socol, I.N. Mihailescu and N. Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Photoinduced direct surface relief formation in amorphous As40S15Se45 filmsM. Reinfelde and J. Teteris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Surface pattern recording in Sb2Se3 thin filmsO. Shiman, V. Gerbreders, A. Gerbreders and V. Kolbjonoks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Optical grating recording in ChG thin film by electron beamV. Kolbjonoks, V. Gerbreders, J. Teteris and A. Gerbreders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Nanosecond pulse triggered absorption modulation in a-As50Se50 chalcogenide thin filmsM. Bapna, A.R. Barik and K.V. Adarsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Electrical switching in amorphous Si–Te–Ge thin films: Impact of input energy on crystallization process and switching parametersK.P. Lakshmi and S. Asokan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Unusual observation of fast photodarkening and slow photobleaching in a-GeSe2 thin filmA.R. Barik, R. Naik and K.V. Adarsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Stretched exponential parameterization of in-situ photodarkening kinetics in amorphous As–Se filmsV.O. Balitska, M.S. Iovu and O.I. Shpotyuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Compositional dependence of the optical properties on amorphous Agx(Ge0.25Se0.75)100−x thin filmsJ.M. Conde Garrido, A. Piarristeguy, M.A. Ureña, M. Fontana, B. Arcondo and A. Pradel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

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Compositional dependence of the structural and optical properties of chalcogenide thin filmsW. Zhang, J. Fu, X. Shen, Y. Chen, S. Dai, F. Chen, J. Li and T. Xu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Gamma ray induced structural effects in bare and Ag doped Ge–S thin films for sensor applicationM. Mitkova, P. Chen, M. Ailavajhala, D.P. Butt, D.A. Tenne, H. Barnaby and I.S. Esqueda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Plasmon assisted photoinduced surface changes in amorphous chalcogenide layerS. Charnovych, I.A. Szabó, A.L. Tóth, J. Volk, M.L. Trunov and S. Kökényesi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Channel waveguides based on thermally co-evaporated Te–Ge–Se films for infrared integrated opticsC. Vigreux, M. Vu Thi, R. Escalier, G. Maulion, R. Kribich and A. Pradel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Azodyed gelatin films for holographic recordingJ. Aleksejeva and J. Teteris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Synthesis of ZnO nanoneedles by thermal oxidation of Zn thin filmsI. Mihailova, V. Gerbreders, E. Tamanis, E. Sledevskis, R. Viter and P. Sarajevs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Comparison between chalcogenide glass single index and microstructured exposed-core fibers for chemical sensingP. Toupin, L. Brilland, C. Boussard-Plédel, B. Bureau, D. Mechin, J.-L. Adam and J. Troles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Preparation of composite materials for fiber optics based on chalcogenide glasses containing ZnS(ZnSe):Cr(2+) crystalsE.V. Karaksina, V.S. Shiryaev and L.A. Ketkova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Trends and prospects for development of chalcogenide fibers for mid-infrared transmissionV.S. Shiryaev and M.F. Churbanov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Arsenic chalcogenide filled photonic crystal fibersR. Spittel, J. Kobelke, D. Hoh, F. Just, K. Schuster, A. Schwuchow, F. Jahn, J. Kirchhof, M. Jäger and H. Bartelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Silica hollow core microstructured fibres for mid-infrared surgical applicationsA. Urich, R.R.J. Maier, F. Yu, J.C. Knight, D.P. Hand and J.D. Shephard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Mechanical milling and SPS used to obtain GeS2-βGeS2 infrared glass-ceramicB. Xue, L. Calvez, V. Nazabal, X.H. Zhang, G. Delaizir, J. Monnier, G. Martinelli and Y. Quiquempois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Formation of laser-induced SbSI single crystal architecture in Sb–S–I glassesD. Savytskii, B. Knorr, V. Dierolf and H. Jain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Nanostructured glass coatings for solar control with photocatalytic propertiesL.M. Fortes, M.C. Gonçalves, R.M. Almeida, Y. Castro and A. Durán . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Electric field-assisted Ag+ migration for PbS quantum dot formation in glassesK. Xu and J. Heo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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