Optical applications of transition metal ion doped phosphate glasses

Abstract

The transition metal ion-doped lithium phosphate glasses are prepared with a novel composition by melt quenching method, XRD patterns revealed their characteristic amorphous nature. The structural and physical properties of the prepared glasses are significantly varying with the increased concentration levels of dopant. Optical absorption and transmission spectra of the glass samples are analyzed. The absorption peaks are observed in ultraviolet, visible and infrared regions.The direct and indirect energy band gap values are decreasing while Urbach’s energy values are increasing as the concentration levels of dopants are increasing. The obtained energy band gap values are in the range of semiconductor materials. The optical transmission spectra of these transition metal ion-doped glasses reveal their application as bandpass filters with filtering ability in UV or Visible regions at double and triple wavelengths and hence useful as dual band-pass filters. The glasses with <10 full width half maximum(FWHM) values are useful for narrowband lasers.