GLASS PROPERTIES: Features of glass as an industrial material -- Classification of glasses by preparation method -- Important glass systems -- Secondary treatment of a glass for the development of a special function -- GRADIENT INDEX GLASS: Applications -- Design of radial gradient index profiles -- Parameters for fabrication of index gradient -- Materials and fabrication techniques -- Spherical gradient index lens -- LASER GLASS: Fundamentals of laser physics -- Bulk laser glasses -- Fiber lasers and amplifiers -- Waveguide lasers and amplifiers -- NONLINEAR OPTICAL GLASS: Fundamentals of nonlinear optics and applications -- Nonresonant nonlinear glasses -- Semiconductor-doped glasses -- Metal-doped glasses -- Comparisons of optical nonlinearities of various nonlinear glass materials -- MAGNETO-OPTICAL GLASS: Magnetic properties of materials -- Fundamentals of the Faraday effect -- Faraday effect in glasses.
