ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION-INDUCED CHEMICAL-REACTIONS THROUGH ONE-PHOTON AND 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION PROCESSES IN GEO2-SIO2 GLASSES

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NISHII, J [1 ]
KITAMURA, N [1 ]
YAMANAKA, H [1 ]
HOSONO, H [1 ]
KAWAZOE, H [1 ]
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[1] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,ENGN MAT RES LAB,MIDORI KU,YOKOHAMA,KANAGAWA 227,JAPAN
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10.1364/OL.20.001184
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Photochemical reactions in 10 GeO2-90 SiO2 glass induced by irradiation with excimer lasers (KrF, 5.0 eV, XeCl, 4.0 eV) and a Hg lamp (4.9 eV) were examined. The irradiation with excimer lasers generated two types of paramagnetic defect, an electron-trapped center associated with fourfold coordinated Ge ions and a self-trapped hole center on bridging oxygen. Taking the optical band gap (similar to 7.1 eV) of the glass obtained in this work and the power density of laser pulses [10-90 mJ/(cm(2) pulse), pulse duration 20 ns] into account, we concluded that these centers were formed by band-to-band excitation by two-photon absorption process. On the ether hand, the lamp illumination (similar to 16 mW/cm(2)) caused the formation of Ge E' centers from preexisting oxygen-vacancy-type defects by the one-photon absorption process. These two kinds of reaction proceed independently, depending on the power densities of UV beams, at least in our experimental condition.
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