Radiation induced color centers in multicomponent glasses

Abstract This paper discusses, in some detail, the nature of color centers induced by radiation in different borate, silicate and phosphate glasses; using optical and ESR techniques. The role of cerium and other multivalent ions in suppression of some of these centers and in studying their nature is also discussed. In most glasses, the visible induced absorption was associated with positive hole centers. However, at certain compositions, an electron trap center which absorbs in the visible is also induced by radiation, and was associated with certain structural defects, e.g. a non-bridging oxygen ion vacancy neighboring the alkai ions in diborate or disilicate glasses, Pb 2+ ions (or other isoelectronic ions) taking network modifying positions, or Ce 3+ ions in relatively high concentrations. Some examples of the use of radiation induced optical absorption and electron spin resonance as a tool for studying structural changes are also discussed.

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