“…Oxynitride glass formation may take place in a number of M–Si–O–N systems (with M = Na, Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, La, Pr, Ce, Y, Al), M –Si–Al–O–N systems (where M includes Li, Mg, Ca, Ba, RE, Y), and M I –M II – Si – (Al) – O–N systems (where M I – M II modifiers: Na–Ca–Si–O–N, RE–Mg–Si–O–N, La–Y–Si–O–N, RE–Si–Al–O–N, Mg–Li–Si–Al–O–N, Mg–Cs–Si–Al–O–N, Mg–Ba–Si–Al–O–N, La–Er–Si–Al–O–N, Mg–Y–Si–Al–O–N). Oxynitride glasses have traditionally been synthesized by melting mixtures of glass modifier metal oxides, SiO 2 , and Si 3 N 4 , yielding glasses with nitrogen contents up to typically ~30 e/o (N content in e/o = 3[N]/(3[N] + 2[O]), with [N] and [O] expressed as the atomic concentrations of N and O, respectively).…”