著者

Mackenzie John D.

出版者

公益社団法人日本セラミックス協会

雑誌

日本セラミックス協会学術論文誌 : Nippon Seramikkusu Kyokai gakujutsu ronbunshi (ISSN:18821022)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.101, no.1169, pp.1-10, 1993-01-01

被引用文献数

3 18

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In the past decade, sol-gel processing has been actively employed for the preparation of new ceramics and for the fabrication of ceramics into many complex geometries. Sol-gel processig is particularly suitable for optical materials. The application of sol-gel technology to the synthesis and fabrication of optical materials is termed "Sol gel optics." A review is presented on the basic principles of the sol-gel process and examples are given for some important materials in sol-gel optics. These include many configurations of silica glass, organic-impregnated glasses, organically modified ceramics (ORMOCERS), ferroelectric thin films, amorphous ferroelectrics, nonlinear optical nanocomposites and gradient index lenses. Some future developments in sol-gel optics are discussed.