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Photopolymerizable glass with high refractive index species: Optical performance and emerging implementations

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The properties of a photopolymerizable glass modified with high refractive index species incorporated at molecular level, including a wide range of spatial frequencies and the recording kinetics, are analyzed. Implementation of emerging applications is proposed.

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Martínez-Matos, O., Rodrigo, J.A., Calvo, M.L. et al. Photopolymerizable glass with high refractive index species: Optical performance and emerging implementations. Opt. Mem. Neural Networks 18, 21–24 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1060992X09010044

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