Aging effects in bulk and fiber TlBr-TlI

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.340178· OSTI ID:5278574

Wysocki, J A; Wilson, R G; Standlee, A G; Pastor, A C; Schwartz, R N; Williams, A R; Lei, G; Kevan, L

A study of optical aging in bulk and extruded fibers of thallium bromo-iodide (TlBr-TlI) is presented. A variety of techniques including secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), powder neutron and x-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy are used to probe the chemical and structural properties of both pristine and aged material. High concentration levels of a hydrogen bearing impurity have been detected by SIMS and neutron scattering in aged TlBr-TlI, and have been shown to be localized in the surface layers of fibers as well as bulk samples. We present EPR evidence which indicates that the hydrogen bearing impurity is water.

• Research Organization: Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, Malibu, California 90265
• OSTI ID: 5278574
• Journal Information: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 63:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
OPTICAL FIBERS
OPACITY
THALLIUM BROMIDES
IMPURITIES
THALLIUM IODIDES
AGING
ATTENUATION
CHEMISTRY
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROGEN
LAYERS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DATA
DIFFRACTION
ELEMENTS
FIBERS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
IODIDES
IODINE COMPOUNDS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RESONANCE
SCATTERING
SPECTROSCOPY
THALLIUM COMPOUNDS
THALLIUM HALIDES
360603* - Materials- Properties