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Tellurite And Fluorotellurite Glasses For Active And Passive

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Contents; MDO iii<br />

6.1.2.1. Method and instrumentation 180<br />

6.1.2.2. Theory of operation 180<br />

6.2. Results 183<br />

6.2.1. Infrared spectroscopy 183<br />

6.2.1.1. Infrared spectroscopy of oxide tellurite glasses 183<br />

6.2.1.2. Infrared spectroscopy of fluorotellurite glasses 202<br />

6.2.1.3. Spectroscopy of Er +3 -doped compositions 216<br />

6.2.2. Refractive index (ellipsometry) 220<br />

6.2.2.1. Refractive index of oxide tellurite glasses 220<br />

6.2.2.2. Refractive index of fluorotellurite glasses 221<br />

6.3. Discussion 223<br />

6.3.1. Infrared spectroscopy 224<br />

6.3.1.1. Infrared spectroscopy of oxide tellurite glasses 224<br />

6.3.1.2. Infrared spectroscopy of fluorotellurite glasses 236<br />

6.3.1.3. Spectroscopy of Er +3 -doped compositions 240<br />

6.3.2. Refractive index (ellipsometry) 243<br />

6.3.2.1. Refractive index of oxide tellurite glasses 243<br />

6.3.2.2. Refractive index of fluorotellurite glasses 243<br />

6.4. Summary 244<br />

6.5. References 245<br />

7. Surface properties 249<br />

7.1. Experimental 250<br />

7.1.1. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) 250<br />

7.1.1.1. Method and instrumentation 250<br />

7.1.1.2. Theory of operation 252<br />

7.1.2. Chemical and environmental durability 256<br />

7.1.2.1. Method 256<br />

7.1.3. Ion exchange 258<br />

7.1.3.1. Method and instrumentation 258<br />

7.1.3.2. Environmental scanning electron microscopy<br />

(ESEM) 259<br />

7.2. Results 272<br />

7.2.1. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) 272<br />

7.2.1.1 XPS of ZnF2 powder 272<br />

7.2.1.2. XPS of oxide tellurite glasses 274<br />

7.2.1.3. XPS of fluorotellurite glasses 278<br />

7.2.2. Chemical and environmental durability 289<br />

7.2.2.1. Durability of oxide tellurite glasses 289<br />

7.2.2.2. Durability of fluorotellurite glasses 296<br />

7.2.3. Ion exchange 304<br />

7.3. Discussion 306<br />

7.3.1. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) 306<br />

7.3.1.1 XPS of ZnF2 powder 306<br />

7.3.1.2. XPS of oxide tellurite glasses 308<br />

7.3.1.3. XPS of fluorotellurite glasses 310<br />

7.3.2. Chemical and environmental durability 314<br />

7.3.2.1. Durability of oxide tellurite glasses 314<br />

7.3.2.2. Durability of fluorotellurite glasses 316<br />

7.3.3. Ion exchange 320

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