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Diamagnetic TeO-PbO-BO glasses were melt-quenching fabricated and characterized for FeO/Ag nanoparticles doping through radio-frequency sputtering and thermal treatment techniques. The surface plasmon resonance influenced structure, composition, optical, and magneto optical properties of FeO/Ag doped glasses were investigated through XRD, SEM, XPS analysis, and Faraday rotation measurement. The optimized sputtering and thermal conditions FeO and Ag nanoparticles were obtained. Under the optimized conditions, a great enhancement of Faraday rotation, thermal property, and big UV cutoff red-shift due to the excited surface plasma's resonance effect was achieved in diamagnetic glass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Terbium dioxide is intensively studied in luminescence and magneto optical applications. The fabrication and characterization of diamagnetic glass with composition of xTb 2 O 3 – 30PbO – 60Bi 2 O 3 – (10 − x) B 2 O 3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5 and 1 mol%) is reported. The influence of Tb 2 O 3 on glass forming ability, glass structure and properties has been studied by means of DSC, XRD, Raman, UV–vis/FTIR spectral and Faraday rotation measurement by a home-made optical bench. Due to the high optical basicity and high polarization of host glass, the formation of Tb 4 + in 0.1% Tb 2 O 3 doped PBB glass contributes to an improvement on density, refractive index, thermal stability (106 °C), optical cutoff wavelength (501 nm) and Verdet constant (0.1301 min/G·cm). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CeO 2 shows interesting redox atmosphere dependent properties and ionic polarizing behavior in glass. In this paper, we report the fabrication and characterization of diamagnetic glass with composition of xCeO 2 40PbO 50Bi 2 O 3 (10 − x) B 2 O 3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 1 mol%). The Ce 3 + and Ce 4 + co-existence influences the glass forming ability, glass structure and properties through characterization such as X-ray diffraction, XPS, Raman, UV/ Fourier transforms infrared spectra and Faraday rotation measurement. Due to the high optical basicity and high polarization of host glass, Ce 4 + formed in 0.1% CeO 2 doped glass and improved the glass thermal stability, optical cutoff and Verdet constant (0.1304 min/g·cm). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]