Physical and spectroscopic studies on manganese ions in lead halo borate glasses

Abstract

Lead halo borate glass systems containing manganese ions have been investigated to study the role of halide ions on the physical, optical and EPR studies. The amorphous phase of the prepared glass samples [Formula: see text]PbX2–(30[Formula: see text])PbO–69.5B2O3–0.5MnO2 with X = F, Cl and Br and [Formula: see text] mol% was confirmed from their X-ray diffraction spectra. Ionic radii of the halides played an important role in the physical properties. From the optical absorption spectra, optical band gap and Urbach energy values were evaluated. The EPR spectra have shown a six-line hyperfine (HF) structure centered at [Formula: see text] and attributed to Mn[Formula: see text] centers in octahedral symmetry. The other signals at [Formula: see text] and 4.3 were attributed to the rhombic surroundings of Mn[Formula: see text] ions. The negative shift in [Formula: see text]-value revealed highly ionic environment around the Mn[Formula: see text] ion in the glass hosts. The HF splitting constant (A), number of spins (N) and susceptibility [Formula: see text] values of the prepared glasses were also reported.