CHARACTERISTICS OF 5-EV ABSORPTION-BAND IN SPUTTER-DEPOSITED GEO2-SIO2 THIN GLASS-FILMS

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NISHII, J [1 ]
YAMANAKA, H [1 ]
HOSONO, H [1 ]
KAWAZOE, H [1 ]
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[1] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,ENGN MAT RES LAB,YOKOHAMA,KANAGAWA 227,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.111181
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Thin films (4.6 mum thick) of 5 GeO2-95 SiO2 and 55 GeO2-45 SiO2 (Mol %) glasses were prepared by rf sputtering method in an Ar-O2 atmosphere. An intense absorption band at around 5 eV was distinctly observed in both films after the as-deposited films were annealed at 350-degrees-C for 30 min in a vacuum. A part of this 5-eV band was gradually decreased by UV irradiation. Saturated absorptivity changes (-DELTAalpha(infinity)) of the UV bleached component, which is considered to be the origin of Hill gratings [K. O. Hill, Y. Fujii, and B. S. Kawasaki, Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 647 (1978)] and second-harmonic generation in SiO2 glass fibers doped with GeO2, after a prolonged irradiation were 50 cm-1 for 5 GeO2-95 SiO2 films and 400 cm-1 for 55 GeO2-45 SiO2 films. These values are greater by one or two orders of magnitude than those (approximately 2 cm-1) of bulk germanosilicate glasses prepared by the vapor axial deposition method.
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