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Title: Compositional dependence of optical band gap and refractive index in lead and bismuth borate glasses

Abstract

Highlights: • Refractive indices increase with increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content. • Optical band gap arises due to direct forbidden transition. • Optical band gaps decrease with increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content. • New empirical relation between the optical band gap and the refractive index. - Abstract: We prepared a series of lead and bismuth borate glasses by varying PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content and studied refractive index and optical band gap as a function of glass composition. Refractive indices were measured very accurately using a Brewster’s angle set up while the optical band gaps were determined by analyzing the optical absorption edge using the Mott–Davis model. Using the Lorentz–Lorentz method and the effective medium theory, we calculated the refractive indices and then compared them with the measured values. Bismuth borate glasses show better agreement between the calculated values of the refractive index and experimental values. We used a differential method based on Mott–Davis model to obtain the type of transition and optical band gap (E{sub opt}) which in turn was compared with the value of E{sub opt} obtained using the extinction coefficient. Our analysis shows that in both lead and bismuth borate glasses, the optical band gap arises due tomore » direct forbidden transition. With increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content, the absorption edge shifts toward longer wavelengths and the optical band gap decreases. This behavior can be explained in terms of changes to the Pb−O/Bi−O chemical bonds with glass composition. We obtained a new empirical relation between the optical band gap and the refractive index which can be used to accurately determine the electronic oxide polarizability in lead and bismuth oxide glasses.« less

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OSTI Identifier:
22475831
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Materials Research Bulletin
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 68; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ABSORPTION; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BORATES; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS; GLASS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POLARIZABILITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVELENGTHS

Citation Formats

Mallur, Saisudha B., Czarnecki, Tyler, Adhikari, Ashish, and Babu, Panakkattu K. Compositional dependence of optical band gap and refractive index in lead and bismuth borate glasses. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.03.033.
Mallur, Saisudha B., Czarnecki, Tyler, Adhikari, Ashish, & Babu, Panakkattu K. Compositional dependence of optical band gap and refractive index in lead and bismuth borate glasses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.03.033
Mallur, Saisudha B., Czarnecki, Tyler, Adhikari, Ashish, and Babu, Panakkattu K. 2015. "Compositional dependence of optical band gap and refractive index in lead and bismuth borate glasses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.03.033.
@article{osti_22475831,
title = {Compositional dependence of optical band gap and refractive index in lead and bismuth borate glasses},
author = {Mallur, Saisudha B. and Czarnecki, Tyler and Adhikari, Ashish and Babu, Panakkattu K.},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • Refractive indices increase with increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content. • Optical band gap arises due to direct forbidden transition. • Optical band gaps decrease with increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content. • New empirical relation between the optical band gap and the refractive index. - Abstract: We prepared a series of lead and bismuth borate glasses by varying PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content and studied refractive index and optical band gap as a function of glass composition. Refractive indices were measured very accurately using a Brewster’s angle set up while the optical band gaps were determined by analyzing the optical absorption edge using the Mott–Davis model. Using the Lorentz–Lorentz method and the effective medium theory, we calculated the refractive indices and then compared them with the measured values. Bismuth borate glasses show better agreement between the calculated values of the refractive index and experimental values. We used a differential method based on Mott–Davis model to obtain the type of transition and optical band gap (E{sub opt}) which in turn was compared with the value of E{sub opt} obtained using the extinction coefficient. Our analysis shows that in both lead and bismuth borate glasses, the optical band gap arises due to direct forbidden transition. With increasing PbO/Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content, the absorption edge shifts toward longer wavelengths and the optical band gap decreases. This behavior can be explained in terms of changes to the Pb−O/Bi−O chemical bonds with glass composition. We obtained a new empirical relation between the optical band gap and the refractive index which can be used to accurately determine the electronic oxide polarizability in lead and bismuth oxide glasses.},
doi = {10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.03.033},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22475831}, journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
issn = {0025-5408},
number = ,
volume = 68,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}