Study of radiation-induced defects in fluoride-phosphate glasses by means of optical absorption and EPR spectroscopy

Abstract

For the X-ray irradiated fluoride-phosphate (EP) glasses with different phosphate eontent (from 0 to 20 mol%), a number of different radiation-induced defect centers (DC) were detected, which can be subdivided into three groups: phosphate, oxygen and fluorine related DC. The phosphate and oxygen related defects are paramagnetic, their optical absorptions were established by means of band separation and correlation to EPR signals. The non-paramagnetic fluorine-related color centers (FD centers) were found for FP glasses with lower (≤ 2 mol%) phosphate content by means of band separation of induced spectra of optical absorption and annealing experiments.