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EPR and optical absorption studies on Chromium ions in mixed alkali Cadmium phosphate glasses

G. GIRIDHAR1, M. RANGACHARYULU1,* , R. V. S. S. N. RAVIKUMAR1, P. SAMBASIVA RAO2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar-522 510, India
  2. Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry – 605 014, India

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