Abstract
Oxy-chalcogenide glasses with compositions of xGeO2–(100−x)GeS2, where 0⩽x⩽100mol%, have been prepared and studied in terms of their structures and optical properties. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy shows that Ge:S ratio can deviate from GeS2 by ∼10at.%, depending critically upon the preparation conditions. Raman scattering spectroscopy suggests that stoichiometric GeO2–GeS2 glasses have a heterogeneous structure in the scale of 1–100nm. The optical gaps are nearly constant at 3.0–3.5eV for glasses with 0⩽x⩽80mol% and abruptly increase to ∼6eV in GeO2. This dependence suggests that the optical gap is governed by GeS2 clusters, which are isolated and/or percolated. Composition-deviated glasses appear as orange and brown, and these glasses seem to have more inhomogeneous structures.
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