Synthesis, Optical, and Spectroscopic Studies of Bismuth Boro-Tellurite Glass System Containing BaO and V2O5

A melt quenching technique was used for the preparation of xBaO–(30-x)TeO 2 –35Bi 2 O 3 –33B 2 O 3 –2V 2 O 5 (5 ≤ x ≤ 25 mol%) glasses. The structural modifications are studied by X-ray diffraction, DSC, optical, infrared spectroscopy, and Raman as a function of BaO mol%. The progressive incorporation of BaO mol% in the BTBiBV glasses decreases the optical band gap values as the number of free electrons increases with the creation of additional NBOs. The FTIR spectra of the prepared glasses consist of BO 3 trigonal and BO 4 tetrahedral units while TeO 2 changes to TeO 3 andTeO 4 structural units. The Raman spectra shows that the replacement of BaO with TeO 2 decreases the concentration of Te–O–Te linkages within the volume of host glass, which increases the concentration of Ba–O–Te linkages along with BO 3 units. Due to this, the overall glass formers connectivity decreases which intern to the creation of NBOs. Moreover, the research highlighted that BTBiBV-5 glasses have exceptional optical properties making them promising materials for photonics, optoelectronics, and optical communication device applications.