Synthesis and applications in photonics of SiO2:SnO2 nanostructured glass-ceramics

Tin(IV) doped SiO2 xerogel and SnO2/SiO2 glass-ceramics were synthetised by sol-gel route. Synthesis and physical properties of those materials will be disclosed in this paper. Particularly, the solubility behaviour of tin(IV) in SiO2 and the oversaturation condition in glass and xerogel intermediate were investigated. Both materials (glass and glass ceramics) are useful in photonics, and different application will be proposed in this work.