Synergistic influence of neodymium oxide on optical nonlinearity of zinctellurite glass

• Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings
• Main Author: Azlan M.N.; Azlina Y.; Shaari H.R.; Hisam R.; Al-Hada N.M.; Umar S.A.; Kenzhaliyev B.K.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85189320109&doi=10.1063%2f5.0148529&partnerID=40&md5=f74fd4f0e81aa90ee0bc24bce3cc5dcb

We report on the optical nonlinearity of neodymium doped zinctellurite glass for the application of laser glass. A series of neodymium doped zinctellurite glass denoted as Nd-ZnTe glass with chemical composition of 0.47TeO2 + 0.2B2O3 + 0.29ZnO + 0.05Nd2O3 were successfully fabricated via using conventional melt quenching method. 0.05 mol fraction of neodymium oxide in tellurite glass was selected due to its excellent glass stability and optical nonlinearity. The nonlinear optical absorption and refraction were determined using Z-scan technique. It was found that the Nd-ZnTe glass possesses positive nonlinear refractive index. The high number of nonlinear refractive index is due to third-order response and high number of linear refractive index. It was confirmed that the nonlinear absorption was in saturation absorption. The obtaibed optical nonlinearities suggest that the glass materials are can be used as a laser glass. Hence, the studied glass is a good potential for laser applications. © 2024 Author(s).