Transition threshold in Ge{sub x}Sb{sub 10}Se{sub 90−x} glasses
- Department of Applied Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331 (China)
- Laboratory of Infrared Material and Devices, Advanced Technology Research Institute, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211 (China)
- Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)
Ge{sub x}Sb{sub 10}Se{sub 90−x} glasses with Ge content from 7.5 to 32.5 at. % have been prepared by melt-quench technique, and the physical parameters including glass transition temperature (T{sub g}), density (ρ), compactness (C), shear elastic moduli (C{sub s}), compression elastic moduli (C{sub c}), refractive index (n), and optical bandgap (E{sub g}) have been investigated. While all these physical parameters show threshold behavior in the glass with a chemically stoichiometric composition. Raman spectra analysis also indicates that, with increasing Ge content, Se-chains or rings gradually disappear until all Se-atoms are consumed in the glass with a chemically stoichiometric composition. With further increasing Ge content, homopolar Ge-Ge and Sb-Sb bonds are formed and the chemical order in the glasses is violated. The threshold behavior of the physical properties in the Ge{sub x}Sb{sub 10}Se{sub 90−x} glasses can be traced to demixing of networks above the chemically stoichiometric composition.
- OSTI ID:
- 22271184
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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