Pulsed laser induced nanostructure and thermal properties of bismuth borate glass

Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hirokazu Masai, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takumi Fujiwara, Takayuki Komatsu

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Abstract

We have investigated the formation of nanostructure at the surface of 50Bi2O3.50B2O3 glass using XeCl pulsed laser irradiation with a heated support. The growth of a protuberant nanostructure was enhanced by either increasing the support temperature or the laser pulse repetition rate. It was found that the surface protuberances were amorphous with the same composition as the original glass. In order to discuss the relation between the temperature and the structural change, tile Urbach rule was applied to analyse the optical absorption. As a result, we found that the effect of temperature was insufficient for crystallisation in the 50Bi 2O3.50B2O3 glass. Considering the characteristics of the glass, it appears that dynamic randomness is independent of the morphology and only affects the phase change.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-292
Number of pages5
JournalGlass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A
Volume50
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Oct

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