Abstract
Nonoxide glasses composed of halides and/or chalcogenides (sulfides, selenides, and tellurides) as their main components have been extensively investigated due to their characteristic structures and properties. Among them, the present review focuses on glass formation based on nonfluoride-halide (halides other than fluoride) systems and the structure of the glasses as well as the transition properties of rare-earth ions in the nonoxide glasses. Systematic examination of glass formation in nonfluoride-halide systems based on AXn-MX-M′X2 with a single halide ion revealed that the systems of A=Zn, Cd, Ag, Cu and Li are vitrified by a conventional melting-cooling method, where X=Cl, Br, or I, M=alkali metal (K, Rb, Cs), and M′=alkaline earth metal (Ba). The coordination structure around the cations, An+, was investigated by means of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and other methods. The structural model for these halide glasses is also discussed. The studies about the transition properties of rare-earth ions in the nonoxide glasses showed that the multiphonon relaxation rates are strongly suppressed. Detailed analyses on the fluorescent decay curves for Er3+-doped Ga2S3-based glasses are presented.
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