Processing and characterization of bulk chalcogenide glasses used for waveguide applications

    Authors

    C. Lopez; K. A. Richardson; M. de Castro; S. Seal; D. K. Verma; A. Shulte; C. Rivero; A. Villeneuve; T. V. Gastian; K. Turcotte; A. Saliminia;J. Laniel

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

    Keywords

    Materials Science, Ceramics

    Abstract

    Chalcogenide glasses (ChG) are of interest due to their optical and electronic properties for use in waveguide applications. To assess expected uniformity, in films deposited from bulk glass starting materials, the extent of parent bulk glass property variation was evaluated. Resulting structural and optical properties of melt-derived ChG's were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis and spectrophotometric analysis. The influence of melt size, purification, and other melting conditions on sample homogeneity were quantified and within-melt property variation of bulk glass samples was found to be less than 5% for all parameters examined.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    Volume

    85

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2002

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1372

    Last Page

    1376

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000176667400004

    ISSN

    0002-7820

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