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Enhanced thermal stability and broadened Raman scattering of tellurite glasses by co-doping heavy metal oxides

Q. YANG1, Q. QIAN1, D. D. CHEN1, Q. Y. ZHANG1,* , Z. H. JIANG1

Affiliation

  1. MOE Key laboratory of Specially Functional Materials and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South of China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640, China

Abstract

Tungsten-niobium-tellurite (TNT) glasses and molybdenum-niobium-tellurite (MNT) glasses have been investigated for their potential application in broadband Raman fiber amplifier. Effects of the addition of heavy metal oxides (HMO) (HMO=Nb2O5, WO3, or MoO3) on the thermal stability against crystallization and Raman spectral properties of tellurite glasses have been discussed. The results suggest that the addition of HMO could largely improve the thermal stabilities of tellurite glasses. Moreover, TNT and MNT glasses exhibit strong Raman peaks at around 848 and 915 cm-1. It is noted that the mid-high frequency Raman region of the tellurite glass by co-doping HMO expand from 550 to 1000 cm-1 with the maximum full width at half maximum (FWHM) of about 375 cm-1, indicating TNT and MNT glasses are promising host-materials for broadband Raman fiber amplification.

Keywords

Tellurite glass, Thermal stability, Raman spectroscopy, Raman amplifier, Heavy metal oxides.

Citation

Q. YANG, Q. QIAN, D. D. CHEN, Q. Y. ZHANG, Z. H. JIANG, Enhanced thermal stability and broadened Raman scattering of tellurite glasses by co-doping heavy metal oxides, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 6, June 2009, pp.565-568 (2009).

Submitted at: May 18, 2009

Accepted at: June 15, 2009