Optical and acoustic properties of TeO2/WO3 glasses with small amount of additive ZrO2 Original Research Article

The optical and acoustic properties of tellurite glasses in the system TeO2/ZrO2/WO3 have been investigated. The refractive index at different wavelengths and the optical spectra of the glasses have been measured. From the refractive index and absorption edge studies for prepared glasses, the optical parameter viz; optical band gap (Eopt), Urbach energy, (ΔE), dispersion energy, Ed, and the average oscillator energy, E0, have been calculated. Sound velocities were measured by pulse echo technique. From these velocities and densities values, various elastic moduli were calculated. The variations in the refractive index, optical energy gap and elastic moduli with WO3 content have been discussed in terms of the glass structure. Quantitatively, we used the bond compression model for analyzing the room temperature elastic moduli data. By calculating the number of bonds per unit volume, the average stretching force constant, and the average ring size we can extract valuable information about the structure of the present glasses.