Silvia Helena Santagneli, Sandra Helen Messaddeq, Sidney Jose Lima Ribeiro, Younes Messaddeq

Photoinduced effects in As-S-P glasses

Physica Status Solidi B 246 (2009) 1866–1870

We report the photoinduced effects on the glass composition As₂S₃ and As_29.6P_7.4S₆₃ when exposed to UV light. The morphology of the glass surface irradiated at different power densities was investigated by use of optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A power density dependence on the photoexpansion (PE) and photoablation (PA) is observed. Raman measurement after irradiation shows the formation of As-O bonds in As_29.6P_7.4S₆₃. Also, the appearance of P=O bonds indicate the incorporation of oxygen at the glass surface during the irradiation process.

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