A near-IR transmitting “black glass” synthesized from 70%TeO2-25%ZnO-5%ZnS

Author

Jin, Zhian ; Zhang, Aidong ; Kovalskiy, Andriy ; Biaggio, Ivan ; Toulouse, Jean

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A new type of tellurite glass has been synthesized with composition 70%TeO₂-25%ZnO-5%ZnS. The glass is of black color, indicating a high absorption in the visible range. However, transmittance measurements show the same glass to be transmitting in the near-IR range, between 2 mum and 6 mum. XPS data reveal the existence of Zn-O-S and a reduction of tellurium oxide with formation of Te-Te bonds in the glass. Our preliminary experiments indicate an increased third-order susceptibility chi⁽³⁾ at 1.5 mum.

Keywords

X-ray photoelectron spectra; bonds (chemical); infrared spectra; materials preparation; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical glass; tellurium compounds; zinc compounds; FTIR wavelength; TeO₂-ZnO-ZnS; XPS data; bond formation; near-IR transmitting tellurite black glass synthesis; nonlinear optical materials; tellurium oxide reduction; third-order susceptibility; transmittance measurement; wavelength 1.5 mum; wavelength 2 mum to 6 mum; Chemicals; Glass; Network synthesis; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Spectroscopy; Stability; Tellurium; Zinc; (190.0190) Nonlinear optics; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; (190.4720) Optical nonlinearities of condensed matter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224918