Advanced textbook on inorganic glasses suitable for both undergraduates and researchers.

• Engaging style to facilitate understanding
• Suitable for senior undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers entering material science, engineering, physics, chemistry, optics and photonics fields
• Discusses new techniques in optics and photonics including updates on diagnostic techniques
• Comprehensive and logically structured

Animesh Jha is Professor of Applied Materials Science at the University of Leeds. He is a fellow of the Society of Glass Technology whose research areas include photonic materials, fiber and planar light waveguide devices, spectroscopy of rare-earth and transition metal ions, raman spectroscopy of glass and ceramic materials, minerals and mineralogy.