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How alkali-metal and silver ions affect the formation of structural defects in silicate glasses after x-irradiation

Golubkov, V.V., Ignatiev, A.I., Nikonorov, N.V., Sidorov, A.I., Trofimov, A.O., Tsekhomskiy, V.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Голубков В.В., Игнатьев А.И., Никоноров Н.В., Сидоров А.И., Трофимов А.О., Цехомский В.А. Влияние ионов щелочных металлов и серебра на образование структурных дефектов в силикатных стёклах после рентгеновского облучения // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 2. С. 57–63.

Golubkov V.V., Ignatiev A.I., Nikonorov N.V., Sidorov A.I., Trofimov A.O., Tsekhomskiy V.A. How alkali-metal and silver ions affect the formation of structural defects in silicate glasses after x-irradiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 2. P. 57–63.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. V. Golubkov, A. I. Ignat’ev, N. V. Nikonorov, A. I. Sidorov, A. O. Trofimov, and V. A. Tsekhomskiĭ, "How alkali-metal and silver ions affect the formation of structural defects in silicate glasses after x-irradiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(2), 108-112 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000108

Abstract:

This article discusses how x-irradiation affects the formation of silver clusters, based on spectroluminescent studies. Increasing the x-ray irradiation dose increases the optical density of the test glasses in the 300–450-nm region and causes an absorption band to appear in the 300-nm region in the case of glasses that contain Na+. Replacing Na+ with Li+ substantially increases the absorption in the 250–300-nm region, while replacing Na+ with K+ displaces the absorption band into the 313-nm region. Intense luminescence was observed in the 450–820-nm region in all the test glasses after x-irradiation. These results are explained by taking into account the change of the structure of the glass and the physicochemical properties when various alkali oxides are introduced. An analysis of the luminescence properties of the test glasses made it possible to assume that negatively charged clusters of silver and complexes of the form Agn-Me were formed, where Me=Li+, Na+, K+.

Keywords:

silicate glass, luminescence, absorption, silver cluster

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with the state financial support of the Russian Scientific Fund (Contract No. 14-23-00136).

OCIS codes: 160.4236, 300.0300

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