Abstract
Melt quenching of B2O3 with less than 25 mol. % rare-earth oxide (RE2O3) at ambient pressure results in a milky white glass because of liquid-liquid phase separation into B2O3 and RE2O3·3B2O phases. In contrast, we have found that melt quenching under GPa-order pressure realizes a transparent RE-doped B2O3 glass. This study investigates the local structure around the RE ions in the B2O3 glass prepared at 3 GPa using optical measurements and electron-spin-echo envelope modulation spectroscopy. It is shown that the RE-rich microparticles disappear and the RE ions are isolated from each other in a highly symmetric crystal field formed by triangular and tetrahedral boron units. This result is consistent with that extrapolated from the data for RE-doped sodium borate glasses.
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