Optical properties of MoO3 containing tellurite glasses

Abstract

It was observed that P2 O5 generates TeO5+δ groups in tellurite glasses that have a profound influence on their optical properties. The presence of TeO5+δ groups in phosphotellurite glass made MoO3 behave in a different way compared to other tellurite glass systems that do not contain P2 O5. The refractive index measurements and Raman spectroscopy were combined to show that the addition of MoO3 in a phosphotellurite glass generates TeO3+1 polyhedron, whereas it generates TeO3 trigonal bipyramids in other glass systems. The MoO3 system showed absorption bands corresponding to Mo5+ ion in phosphotellurite glasses, whereas no similar bands were observed for other glasses. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.