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A diffractometric method of studying the polarization process of glasses

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Каменский А.Н., Липовская М.Ю. Дифрактометрический метод исследования процесса поляризации стекол // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 5. С. 21–23.

Kamenskiy A.N., Lipovskaya M.Yu. A diffractometric method of studying the polarization process of glasses [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 5. P. 21–23.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. N. Kamenskii and M. Yu. Lipovskaia, "A diffractometric method of studying the polarization process of glasses," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(5), 283-285 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000283

Abstract:

This paper discusses the diffraction of light on the periodic structure formed in glass when it is thermally polarized by means of an anode with periodic (0.8 μm) relief of the surface structure. Based on measurements of the diffraction efficiency as a function of the thermal annealing time of the fabricated sample, an estimate is obtained of the diffusion coefficient of the hydronium ion that participates in the polarization process of the glass. Stabilization of the structure is demonstrated for long annealing times; this is probably associated with phase decay of the polarized glass.

Keywords:

glass, thermal polarization, diffusion, hydronium, diffraction measurements

OCIS codes: 050.1950, 160.2750

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