1. Positron Annihilation in IR Transmitting GeS2-Ga2S3 Glasses
- Author
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R. Szatanik, Adam Ingram, Olha Shpotyuk, Laurent Calvez, Changgui Lin, Halyna Klym, and Elena Petracovschi
- Subjects
010302 applied physics ,Void (astronomy) ,Materials science ,Chalcogenide glass ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Positron trapping ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Nuclear physics ,0103 physical sciences ,Annihilation radiation ,General Materials Science ,Atomic physics ,0210 nano-technology ,Spectroscopy ,Positron annihilation ,Doppler broadening - Abstract
Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy combined with Doppler broadening of annihilation radiation was applied to study free-volume entities in GeS2-Ga2S3glasses affected by Ga additions. It is shown that Ga-related void sub-system plays a decisive role in positron trapping process, while the overall density variation is defined mainly by Ge-related sub-system. These results serve as basis for new characterization route for inner free-volume structure of these glasses.
- Published
- 2015