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Glass is an amorphic material that is highly isotropic and demonstrates a high degree of homogeneity. Unlike crystals, glass molecules are disordered but are rigidly bound.
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Ter-Mikirtychev, V.(. (2014). Physical and Optical Properties of Laser Glass. In: Fundamentals of Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02338-0_3
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