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Structural and nonlinear optical characterizations of tellurium oxide-based glasses: TeO{sub 2}-BaO-TiO{sub 2}

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
The structure of the pseudo ternary TeO{sub 2}-TiO{sub 2}BaO glasses was investigated by Raman and infrared spectroscopies. In the TeO{sub 2}-BaO system, glasses with low BaO content have a continuous network constructed by sharing corners of TeO{sub 4} trigonal bipyramids and TeO{sub 3+1} polyhedra having nonbridging oxygen atoms. In glasses containing 40% mol BaO, isolated structural units such as TeO{sub 3} are formed. However, TiO{sub 2} insertion can inhibit this structural change and favor a continuous network. We discuss the characterization of nonlinear optical process in these materials using Z scan technique. The highest nonlinear absorption values are obtained for titanium tellurite glasses emphasising the particularly significant role of the structural units in the optical response.
OSTI ID:
569701
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 132; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English