Published May 6, 2008 | Version v1
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Preparation and characterization of germanium oxysulfide glassy films for optics

  • 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, 161 Sirrine Hall, Box 340971, Clemson, SC 29634 (United States)
  • 2. Institut de Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux, CNRS-Universite Bordeaux 1, 87 Av. Dr. Schweitzer, 33608 Pessac (France)
  • 3. Institut des Sciences Moleculaires, UMR 5255 CNRS, Universite Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence (France)
  • 4. Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR-CNRS 6226, Equipe Verres and Ceramiques, Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex (France)
  • 5. Centre de Physique Moleculaire Optique et Hertzienne (CPMOH), CNRS-UMR 5798, 351 cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence Cedex (France)

Description

Homogeneous amorphous films in the GeS2-GeO2 system have been deposited by a rf sputtering technique. Optical characterizations have shown that the cut-off wavelength and the linear indices increase with an increase in the S/O ratio. Raman spectroscopy indicates the presence of new modes that can be assigned to intermediate germanium oxysulfide structural units. Photo-sensitivity of the oxysulfide films has been demonstrated for irradiation near the band-gap. Diffraction gratings inscribed using 488 nm exposure displayed a limited diffraction efficiency (≤3%) that weakens with a corresponding decrease in the glass S/O ratio

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.05.032

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.05.032;
PII
S0025-5408(07)00233-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Research Bulletin
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1179-1187
ISSN
0025-5408
CODEN
MRBUAC

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.