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Processing and Characterization of Bulk Chalcogenide Glasses Used for Waveguide Applications
Author(s) -
Lopez Cedric,
Richardson Kathleen A.,
Castro Michelle,
Seal Sudipta,
Verma Dharmendra K.,
Shulte Alfons,
Rivero Clara,
Villeneuve Alain,
Gastian Tigran V.,
Turcotte Karine,
Saliminia Ali,
Laniel Jacques
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00282.x
Subject(s) - chalcogenide , materials science , homogeneity (statistics) , raman spectroscopy , chalcogenide glass , characterization (materials science) , diffraction , differential thermal analysis , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermal analysis , thermal , mineralogy , composite material , optics , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , chemistry , thermodynamics , statistics , physics , mathematics , chromatography
Chalcogenide glasses (ChG) are of interest due to their optical and electronic properties for use in waveguide applications. To assess expected uniformity in films deposited from bulk glass starting materials, the extent of parent bulk glass property variation was evaluated. Resulting structural and optical properties of melt‐derived ChG's were investigated using X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis and spectrophotometric analysis. The influence of melt size, purification, and other melting conditions on sample homogeneity were quantified and within‐melt property variation of bulk glass samples was found to be less than 5% for all parameters examined.