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Modelling of multimode selenide-chalcogenide glass fibre based mir spontaneous emission sources (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Sujecki, S., Sójka, L., Bereś-Pawlik, E., Piramidowicz, R., Sakr, H., Tang, Z., …Seddon, A. B. (2017). Modelling of multimode selenide-chalcogenide glass fibre based mir spontaneous emission sources. In 2017 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2017.8024909

Chalcogenide glass fibres have been demonstrated as a suitable medium for the realisation of spontaneous emission sources for mid-infrared photonics applications with a particular emphasis on sensor technology. Such sources give a viable alternative... Read More about Modelling of multimode selenide-chalcogenide glass fibre based mir spontaneous emission sources.

Structural and physico-chemical analysis of calcium/ strontium substituted, near-invert phosphate based glasses for biomedical applications (2017)
Journal Article
Patel, U., Moss, R., Hossain, K., Kennedy, A., Barney, E., Ahmed, I., & Hannon, A. (2017). Structural and physico-chemical analysis of calcium/ strontium substituted, near-invert phosphate based glasses for biomedical applications. Acta Biomaterialia, 60, 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.07.002

Neutron diffraction, 23Na and 31P NMR and FTIR spectroscopy have been used to investigate the structural effects of substituting CaO with SrO in a 40P2O5·(16 x)CaO·20Na2O·24MgO·xSrO glass, where x is 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 mol%. The 31P solid-state NMR r... Read More about Structural and physico-chemical analysis of calcium/ strontium substituted, near-invert phosphate based glasses for biomedical applications.

Multicomposition EPSR: toward transferable potentials to model chalcogenide glass structures (2016)
Journal Article
Towey, J. J., & Barney, E. R. (2016). Multicomposition EPSR: toward transferable potentials to model chalcogenide glass structures. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120(51), 13169-13183. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08793

The structure of xAs40Se60–(1 – x)As40S60 glasses, where x = 1.000, 0.667, 0.500, 0.333, 0.250, and 0.000, is investigated using a combination of neutron and X-ray diffraction coupled with computational modeling using multicomposition empirical poten... Read More about Multicomposition EPSR: toward transferable potentials to model chalcogenide glass structures.

Numerical modeling of lathanide-ion doped fibre lasers operating within mid-infrared wavelength region (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sójka, L., Furniss, D., Tang, Z., Sakr, H., Barney, E. R., Benson, T. M., …Fuhrberg, P. (2016). Numerical modeling of lathanide-ion doped fibre lasers operating within mid-infrared wavelength region.

We discuss the numerical modelling of lanthanide-ion doped chalcogenide glass fibre lasers for operation in the mid-infrared wavelength region. We extract the modelling parameters from emission and absorption measurements using Judd-Ofelt and McCumbe... Read More about Numerical modeling of lathanide-ion doped fibre lasers operating within mid-infrared wavelength region.

Dy3+-doped selenide chalcogenide glasses: influence of Dy3+ dopant-aditive and containment (2016)
Journal Article
Furniss, D., Tang, Z., Barney, E., Neate, N. C., Benson, T., & Seddon, A. (2016). Dy3+-doped selenide chalcogenide glasses: influence of Dy3+ dopant-aditive and containment. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99(7), 2283-2291. doi:10.1111/jace.14218

This work reports on process‐induced impurities in rare‐earth ion: Dy3+‐doped selenide chalcogenide glasses, which are significant materials for active photonic devices in the mid‐infrared region. In particular, the effect of contamination from t... Read More about Dy3+-doped selenide chalcogenide glasses: influence of Dy3+ dopant-aditive and containment.

Alkali environments in tellurite glasses (2015)
Journal Article
Barney, E. R., Hannon, A. C., Holland, D., Umesaki, N., & Tatsumisago, M. (2015). Alkali environments in tellurite glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 414, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.01.023

Neutron diffraction measurements are reported for five binary alkali tellurite glasses, xM2O · (100 − x)TeO2 (containing 10 and 20 mol% K2O, 10 and 19 mol% Na2O, and 20 mol% 7Li2O), together with 23Na MAS NMR measurements for the sodium containing gl... Read More about Alkali environments in tellurite glasses.

Correlating structure with non-linear optical properties in xAs40Se60 x (1 ? x)As40S60 glasses (2015)
Journal Article
Barney, E. R., Abdel-Moneim, N. S., Towey, J. J., Titman, J., McCarthy, J. E., Bookey, H. T., …Seddon, A. B. (2015). Correlating structure with non-linear optical properties in xAs40Se60 x (1 − x)As40S60 glasses. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(9), 6314-6327. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp05599c

A series of xAs40Se60·(100 − x)As40S60 glasses, where x = 0, 25, 33, 50, 67, 75 and 100 mol% As40Se60, has been studied using neutron and X-ray total scattering, Raman spectroscopy and 77Se MAS-NMR. The results are presented with measurements of non-... Read More about Correlating structure with non-linear optical properties in xAs40Se60 x (1 ? x)As40S60 glasses.

The local environment of Dy3+in selenium-rich chalcogenide glasses (2014)
Journal Article
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

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 F... Read More about The local environment of Dy3+in selenium-rich chalcogenide glasses.

First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers (2013)
Journal Article
Tang, Z., Furniss, D., Fay, M., Neate, N. C., Cheng, Y., Barney, E., …Seddon, A. B. (2014). First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(2), 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.12732

Gallium (Ga) helps solubilize rare-earth ions in chalcogenide glasses, but has been found to form the dominant crystallizing selenide phase in bulk glass in our previous work. Here, the crystallization behavior is compared of as-annealed 0–3000 ppmw... Read More about First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers.