Since the invention and further development of lasers in the 1960s, photonics has grown into a field that permeates virtually every aspect of modern life. As photonics deals with the generation, transmission, modulation, amplification, conversion, and detection of light, glasses have played crucial and central roles in a multitude of applications given glasses’ diverse range of compositions, properties, and forms. They are also low-cost materials, recyclable and generally easy to fabricate. In homage to the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022, this paper reviews the past, present, and future of photonic glasses.

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光子眼镜的过去、现在和未来：回顾联合国 2022 国际玻璃年

自 20 世纪 60 年代发明并进一步发展激光以来，光子学已经发展成为一个几乎渗透到现代生活各个方面的领域。由于光子学涉及光的产生、传输、调制、放大、转换和检测，鉴于玻璃的成分、特性和形式各不相同，因此玻璃在众多应用中发挥着至关重要和核心的作用。它们也是低成本材料，可回收且通常易于制造。为纪念 2022 年联合国国际玻璃年，本文回顾了光子眼镜的过去、现在和未来。