Spectroscopic and nonlinear optical studies of pure and Nd-doped lanthanum strontium borate glasses

Abstract

Borate glasses of the system xNd2O3-(1-x) La2O3-SrCO3-10H3BO3 (with x = 0 and 0.05) were prepared by using a convectional melt quenching technique. The amorphous nature of the quenched glasses has been confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction analysis. In order to study the spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of fabricated glasses, ultraviolet-visible transmission spectroscopy and open aperture z-scan measurements have been employed. In Nd doped glasses, the transition 4I9/2 → 4G5/2 + 2G7/2 has found more prominent than the other transitions. Optical band gap energies of glasses have been determined and found less for Nd doped glass.