Nature Communications, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-75474-y Researchers achieve scalable production of large, highly crystalline transparent glass-ceramics via Zr4+ substitution, which mitigates thermal expansion anisotropy and stabilizes high-temperature phases for practical application.
Second-order nonlinear optical properties are fundamental for applications such as frequency conversions. Glass ceramics are of great interest for the development of optical elements with meter-scale dimensions for high power laser facilities.
Now, a research group has reported a reproducible and fast-technique to prepare transparent glass-ceramics, through a phase separation process leading to a…
