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Structure-terahertz property relationship in tellurite glasses

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Structure-terahertz (THz) property relationship for sodium tungsten tellurite (NWT) and lanthanum tungsten tellurite (LWT) glass systems is reported and is the first of its kind for non-silicate oxide glasses. Raman spectroscopy was used to determine structural units, connectivity, and glass network. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) was used to record the THz refractive index, n(THz), at 0.502 THz. NWT and LWT glasses record higher measurable n(THz) correlated to a glass network with substantial TeO2 and WO3 content with mixed Te–O–W linkages and TeO2- or WO3-rich content with homonuclear Te–O–Te or W–O–W linkages, respectively. Concurrent examination revealed three distinct regions of n(THz).

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Nicholas Tostanoski acknowledges teaching assistant support from the Inamori School of Engineering. S. K. Sundaram acknowledges support from Kyocera Corporation in the form of Inamori Professorship. The Raman instrumentation is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant no. DMR-1626164.

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Tostanoski, N.J., Sundaram, S.K. Structure-terahertz property relationship in tellurite glasses. Appl. Phys. A 128, 1001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-06148-x

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