Abstract: A deposition method for vapor deposition of a film of fluorine-containing glass on a substrate in which said substrate is put into contact with fluxs of the vapors of the various constituents of said glass, wherein said vapor fluxs are emitted simultaneously from at least two crucibles, a first crucible containing a host bath and main metal fluorides that constitute said fluorine-containing glass, and at least one second crucible containing dopants constituted by at least one rare earth halide.

Abstract: Glasses containing fluorine. These glasses are characterized by the fact that they contain at least 25% in moles, approximately, of a fluoride or a mixture of fluorides MX(X.sub.1).sub.2, in which:X and X.sub.1 each represent a fluorine atom,and M then represents a metal chosen from among the group consisting ofgallium, iron, chromium, vanadium, indium, and the rare earths,or X represents an oxygen atom,X.sub.1 represents a fluorine atom,and M then represents a titanium atom, it being understood that the said glasses contain no hydrofluoric acid as a network former and that, in the case in which M represents a gallium or indium atom, the glasses do not contain more than 15% in moles of BaPO.sub.3 F.Application notably in obtaining glasses containing various cations conferring particular optical or magneto-optical properties.