Tellurite And Fluorotellurite Glasses For Active And Passive

Glossary; MDO
Glossary
aM = partial refractivity of component MmOn
A = materials constant (viscosity and optical loss)
[A] = concentration of acid / alkali species A in solution
AES = Auger electron spectroscopy
α = absorption coefficient
B = materials constant (viscosity)
BE = binding energy
BO = bridging oxygen
BSE = Backscattered electron
β = isothermal compressibility
c = velocity of light in a vacuum (2.998×10 8 m.s -1 )
C = materials constant (viscosity and optical loss)
CCD = charge coupled device
CG = Cohen-Grest (viscosity model)
CN = coordination number
C0 = current of electron beam leaving tungsten filament in SEM
C1 = current of electron beam striking sample surface in SEM
Cp = molar heat capacity at constant temperature
cps = counts per second
CRT = cathode ray tube
χn = n th order non-linear susceptibility
d = atomic plane d-spacing used in XRD
df = optical fibre diameter
dn = nearest neighbour bond length
D = diffusion coefficient
D = dissociation energy of a molecule
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DOF = depth of field in SEM
DSC = differential scanning calorimetry
DTA = differential thermal analysis
DTGS = deuterated triglycine sulphate
δ = phase difference
∆ = related to phase of reflected light in ellipsometry calculation
e = charge of electron (1.602×10 -19 C)
E = energy
E = electromagnetic field strength
E0 = ground energy state of molecule
Ea = activation energy
EB = binding energy of an electron
Ed = depth of potential well
EDFA = erbium doped fibre amplifier
EDX = energy dispersive X-ray (analysis)
Eg = electronic band gap energy
Ekin = kinetic energy of an ejected electron
EM = electromagnetic
EMI = electromagnetic interference
Ep = potential energy
erf = error function
erfc = complimentary error function
Es = Sellmeir gap energy
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