文摘
Two kinds of Er3+-doped tellurite glasses with the compositions (in mol%) of 60TeO2–30WO3–10La2O3–1Er2O3 and 60TeO2–30ZnO–10Bi2O3–1Er2O3 were prepared. Using different dehydration gases, we found that blowing a gas mixture of dry oxygen and CCl4 ensures most efficient glass melt dehydration. The free and hydrogen-bonded OH groups can be well excluded from the tellurite and tellurium–tungstate glasses, and the absorption coefficient of free OH groups in dehydrated glasses was equal to 0.68 and 1.25 cm−1, respectively. The strong 1.5- and 2.7-µm emissions were observed from the glasses, which increased with the decrease in OH content.