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Some Physical Characteristics of Tellurite Glasses and Tellurite Glass Ceramics

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Due to its greater optical nonlinearity and superior optical quality, scientists have recently increased their focus on glassy materials.

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El-Mallawany, R. (2023). Some Physical Characteristics of Tellurite Glasses and Tellurite Glass Ceramics. In: The Physics of Advanced Optical Materials: Tellurite Glasses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45245-1_4

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