A glass article includes a first surface, a second surface which is opposite the first surface, a first compressive region which extends to a first compression depth in a thickness direction from the first surface, a second compressive region which extends to a second compression depth from the second surface, and a tensile region which is disposed between the first compressive region and the second compressive region. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first point and a first inflection point, the first inflection point is located between the first point and the first surface, a depth from the first surface to the first point is 45 to 55% of the first compression depth from the first surface, stress at the first point is greater than 50% of compressive stress of the first surface, and a thickness of the glass article is 0.01 to 0.05 mm.

A glass article includes a first surface, a second surface which is opposite the first surface, a first compressive region which extends to a first compression depth in a thickness direction from the first surface, a second compressive region which extends to a second compression depth from the second surface, and a tensile region which is disposed between the first compressive region and the second compressive region. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first point and a first inflection point, the first inflection point is located between the first point and the first surface, a depth from the first surface to the first point is 45 to 55% of the first compression depth from the first surface, stress at the first point is greater than 50% of compressive stress of the first surface, and a thickness of the glass article is 0.01 to 0.05 mm.

The low-loss ion exchanged (IOX) waveguide disclosed herein includes a glass substrate having a top surface and comprising an alkali-aluminosilicate glass with between 3 and 15 mol % of Na.sub.2O and a concentration of Fe of 20 parts per million (ppm) or less. The glass substrate includes a buried AgNa IOX region, wherein this region and a surrounding portion of glass substrate define the IOX waveguide. The IOX waveguide has an optical loss OL0.05 dB/cm and a birefringence magnitude |B|0.001. The glass substrate with multiple IOX waveguides can be used as an optical backplane for systems having optical functionality and can find use in data center and high-performance data transmission applications.

Embodiments disclosed therein generally pertain to selectively strengthening glass. More particularly, techniques are described for selectively strengthening cover glass, which tends to be thin, for electronic devices, namely, portable electronic devices.

Embodiments disclosed therein generally pertain to selectively strengthening glass. More particularly, techniques are described for selectively strengthening cover glass, which tends to be thin, for electronic devices, namely, portable electronic devices.

Embodiments disclosed therein generally pertain to selectively strengthening glass. More particularly, techniques are described for selectively strengthening cover glass, which tends to be thin, for electronic devices, namely, portable electronic devices.

The low-loss ion exchanged (IOX) waveguide disclosed herein includes a glass substrate having a top surface and comprising an alkali-aluminosilicate glass with between 3 and 15 mol % of Na.sub.2O and a concentration of Fe of 20 parts per million (ppm) or less. The glass substrate includes a buried AgNa IOX region, wherein this region and a surrounding portion of glass substrate define the IOX waveguide. The IOX waveguide has an optical loss OL?0.05 dB/cm and a birefringence magnitude |B|?0.001. The glass substrate with multiple IOX waveguides can be used as an optical backplane for systems having optical functionality and can find use in data center and high-performance data transmission applications.

An apparatus for manufacturing a glass article includes a chamber defining an inner space that accommodates a molten salt for molding and chemical strengthening the glass article, a first electrode disposed in the inner space of the chamber and in contact with the molten salt, a second electrode disposed in the inner space of the chamber, in contact with the molten salt, and facing the first electrode, and a power supply connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.

Glass articles having a base layer formed of glass and having a first compressive stress, an adjacent compression layer formed in the glass and having a second compressive stress, and a witness layer formed in the glass adjacent the compression layer and having a third compressive stress. The first, second and third compressive stresses all differing from one another. The witness layer also having a higher index of refraction than an index of refraction for the base or compression layers. Methods for manufacturing and methods of quality control that include the use of the witness layer are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a foldable glass sheet having a thickness t of equal to or smaller than 0.2 mm and having a surface compressive stress CS of greater than 700 MPa, in which when the glass sheet is subjected to a bending test in which, while bending and supporting the glass sheet by a first support board and a second support board which are parallel to each other, the second support board is moved relative to the first support board by equal to or greater than 200 mm in a state of maintaining an interval between a support surface of the first support board and a support surface of the second support board, the glass sheet is not broken even in a case where a curvature radius of a bent portion of the glass sheet is set to equal to or smaller than 10 mm.