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Crystalline Phases and YAG Laser‐Induced Crystallization in Sm 2 O 3 –Bi 2 O 3 –B 2 O 3 Glasses
Author(s) -
Honma Tsuyoshi,
Benino Yasuhiko,
Fujiwara Takumi,
Komatsu Takayuki,
Sato Ryuji
Publication year - 2005
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.1551-2916.2005.00166.x
Subject(s) - crystallization , materials science , bibo stability , yttrium , analytical chemistry (journal) , crystal (programming language) , laser , crystallography , second harmonic generation , crystal structure , phase (matter) , mineralogy , chemistry , optics , oxide , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , computer science , programming language
The glass formation region, crystalline phases, second harmonic (SH) generation, and Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser‐induced crystallization in the Sm 2 O 3 –Bi 2 O 3 –B 2 O 3 system were clarified. The crystalline phases of Bi 4 B 2 O 9 , Bi 3 B 5 O 12 , BiBO 3 , Sm x Bi 1− x BO 3 , and SmB 3 O 6 were formed through the usual crystallization in an electric furnace. The crystallized glasses consisting of BiBO 3 and Sm x Bi 1− x BO 3 showed SH generations. The formation of the nonlinear optical BiB 3 O 6 phase was not confirmed. The formation (writing) region of crystal lines consisting of Sm x Bi 1− x BO 3 by YAG laser irradiation was determined, in which Sm 2 O 3 contents were∼10 mol%. The present study demonstrates that Sm 2 O 3 –Bi 2 O 3 –B 2 O 3 glasses are promising materials for optical functional applications.