Abstract
It was observed by earlier workers, that some glasses with two alkali oxides exhibit mixed alkali effect. To see whether
such effect manifests in the cadmium phosphate glasses, EPR and optical absorption studies are carried out using Cr3+ ion
as dopant. Studies on the systems x Li2O + (20-x) Na2O + 20 CdO + 59.5 P2O5 + 0.5 Cr2O3 (5 < x < 15) clearly indicated
the presence of mixed alkali effect with x=10.
Keywords
EPR, Optical absorption, Phosphate glasses, Chromium ions.
Citation
G. GIRIDHAR, M. RANGACHARYULU, R. V. S. S. N. RAVIKUMAR, P. SAMBASIVA RAO, EPR and optical absorption studies on Chromium ions in mixed alkali Cadmium phosphate glasses, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 7, July 2008, pp.433-436 (2008).
Submitted at: June 20, 2008
Accepted at: July 8, 2008