Accession Number:

AD0672549

Title:

ESR AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION STUDIES OF TRANSITION METAL IONS AND COLOR CENTERS IN GLASS

Descriptive Note:

Semiannual technical rept. no. 3, 1 Oct 1967-31 Mar 1968

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP SOUTHBRIDGE MA RESEARCH DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Landry, Robert J.
• Fournier, Joseph T.

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

41.0

Abstract:

Research efforts in the following areas are summarized Isolated Cr3 ions in glass Exchange coupled Cr3 ions in glass Isolated Cu2 ions in silicate glass Room temperature stable color center defects in laser glass Transient color centers M.O. theory - CNDO approximation Application to SiO4 tetrahedra Evaluation of matrix elements.

Descriptors:

• *GLASS
• *LASERS
• ABSORPTION SPECTRA
• ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
• CHROMIUM
• COLOR CENTERS
• COPPER
• ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE
• IMPURITIES
• MATERIALS
• MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY
• MOLECULAR ORBITALS
• SILICATES
• SPECTROSCOPY
• TRANSITION METALS
• TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Solid State Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE