Physical and optical properties of lead doped tellurite glasses

Abstract

Physical and optical properties of lead telluride (Pb:TZBN) glasses with composition 55TeO2-(41-x)ZnO-2Bi2O3-2Na2O-xPbO where x = 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5% mol are presented. UV-VIS-NIR spectra of the glasses in the range of 300 - 800 nm along with their densities and refractive indices at 746 nm were recorded at room temperature. The optical bandgap energy (Eg) has been calculated from the fitting of Tauc plot. On the basis of these results we found that with the increase of Pb2+ content, their refractive indices are increased while their optical bandgaps are decreased. From this experiment, no distinct relationship between the Pb2+ content variation and the electronic polarizability (αO2-) as well as their optical basicity values (A) were observed.