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Effect of Ga2O3-doping on Properties and Structure of ZBLAN Glass

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It is interesting to explore a novel oxyfluoride glass with good glass stability to be applied in optical communication and optical windows at infrared (IR) wavelength. We demonstrated a new glass of Ga2O3-doped ZrF4−BaF2−LaF3−AlF3−NaF (ZBLAN) glass using a melt-quenched technique. The effect of Ga2O3-doping on glass properties and structure was characterized by differential thermal analysis (DTA), IR spectra, Raman spectra, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). It is found that the glass thermal stability (ΔT) increases by 14% when the addition of Ga2O3 reaches 1mol%. With the increase of Ga2O3 content, the density and refractive index of the glasses increase. Ga2O3-doping does not affect the IR cut-off edge and maintains the transmittance near 90% in the range of 2.5–5 µm, which is almost equal to the undoped sample. Ga2O3-doping hardly changes the initial coordinated structure of Zr4+ according to the results of IR spectra and Raman spectra. Ga3+ holds in the interstice site of the network coordinated with F− and the part of O2− introduced by Ga2O3 is coordinated with Al3+ forming Al−O bond. This study offers a new glass composition that may be potentially used in fabricating mid-IR optical fiber and large-size glasses for IR windows.

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Funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No. 19YF1453300) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52072122, 51872092, and 52002385)

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    Sujie Cui  (崔素杰), Chengfeng Yuan & Huidan Zeng  (曾惠丹)

  2. Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Sujie Cui  (崔素杰), Jiacheng Li  (李家成), Long Zhang, Yiguang Jiang, Zaiyang Wang, Longfei Zhang, Chengfeng Yuan & Zongyun Shen

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Cui, S., Li, J., Zhang, L. et al. Effect of Ga2O3-doping on Properties and Structure of ZBLAN Glass. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 37, 564–569 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-022-2567-2

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