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Structural and optical studies of sodium zinc borate glasses: effect of antimony in supercontinuum generation

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Glasses of composition 40B2O3-10Na2O-(50-x)ZnO-xSb2O3, where x = 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 mol% were synthesised through the melt quenching technique. The physical characteristics such as density, molar volume, refractive index, molar refraction, and oxide ion polarizability ensure that the overall polarizability of the glass network changes with the enhanced incorporation of antimony. Supercontinuum generation from these glasses were recorded at various femtosecond (fs) pump laser intensities. The observed change in the spectral broadening for the glasses is further discussed using different structural and optical characterisation methods such as Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron (XPS), and UV–Vis-NIR spectroscopy. The reduction in O1s binding energy and the increase in the concentration of BO3− structural groups associated with Antimony content indicates an increase in the formation of Non-Bridging Oxygens (NBO) in the glass network. The impact of this enhanced polarizability nature of atomic bonds and the formation of NBOS within the glass network on the generation of supercontinuum are discussed in the manuscript.

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The authors thank Central Instrument Facility, Pondicherry University, DST-FIST, and DST-PURSE-Phase II for characterization facilities. Alan thanks Pondicherry University for providing fellowship.

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The Funding was provided by Pondicherry University, India, Research Fellowship & CIF, Research Fellowship & CIF, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, FIST-Phase-II, PURSE Phase-II

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    Alan B. Samuel & V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar

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    S. Sree Harsha, Samuel Anurag Nalam & P. Prem Kiran

  3. School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

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Alan B. Samuel: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft. V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization. Samuel Anurag Nalam: Data curation, Formal analysis. S. Sree Harsha: Formal analysis. P. Prem Kiran: Resources ,Validation ,Visualization .

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Samuel, A.B., Kumar, V.V.R.K., Harsha, S.S. et al. Structural and optical studies of sodium zinc borate glasses: effect of antimony in supercontinuum generation. Appl. Phys. B 130, 66 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-024-08200-5

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