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The local environment of Dy3+in selenium-rich chalcogenide glasses

Barney, Emma R.; Tang, Zhuoqi; Seddon, Angela; Furniss, David; Sujecki, S.; Benson, Trevor M.; Neate, Nigel; Gianolio, Diego

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Authors

EMMA BARNEY EMMA.BARNEY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Zhuoqi Tang

ANGELA SEDDON angela.seddon@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Inorganic Materials

David Furniss

S. Sujecki

Trevor M. Benson

Nigel Neate

Diego Gianolio



Abstract

The environment of Dy3+ is investigated when it is added as DyCl3 or Dy foil into two base glasses, Ge16.5As19−xGaxSe64.5, where x = 3 or 10 at%, at doping levels between 0 and 3000 parts per million by weight (ppmw) Dy3+. Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure demonstrates the glasses doped with Dy foil, or less than 1000 ppmw Dy3+ as DyCl3, contain Dy ions that are fully incorporated into the glass network and are coordinated by 7–8 Se atoms. However, when the DyCl3 dopant is present in concentrations ≥1000 ppmw Dy3+ the environment is dominated by Dy–Cl bonds. Furthermore, these Dy–Cl environments are nanocrystalline, retaining chemical order beyond the first coordination shell. By comparison with XRD and FTIR results, we report that the presence of α-Ga2Se3 crystallites in the glass, and the increased optical scattering in the fibres, are both related to the presence of DyCl3 crystallites.

Citation

Barney, E. R., Tang, Z., Seddon, A., Furniss, D., Sujecki, S., Benson, T. M., …Gianolio, D. (in press). The local environment of Dy3+in selenium-rich chalcogenide glasses. RSC Advances, 4(80), https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA07192A

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 19, 2014
Online Publication Date Aug 19, 2014
Deposit Date Jul 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 19, 2016
Journal RSC Advances
Electronic ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 80
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA07192A
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/734041
Publisher URL http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/RA/C4RA07192A#!divAbstract
Contract Date Jul 19, 2016

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