@article{9e0384b34a2242fbbc990764c2e08640,
title = "Investigation of the structural environment and chemical bonding of fluorine in Yb-doped fluorosilicate glass optical fibres",
abstract = "Fluorosilicate glass optical fibres are interesting hosts for rare-earth ions. When doped with ytterbium, for example, such fibres exhibit unique and beneficial fluoride-like spectroscopic features despite the host being predominantly silica. This work investigates the thermo-physical and chemical properties of Yb-doped fluorosilicate optical fibres in order to gain insight into the local structure about the rare earth and better understand the origins of their spectroscopic properties. Experimental findings, which suggest that the rare earth is embedded in a fluorine-rich environment in the fluorosilicate glass, are corroborated using molecular dynamic simulations.",
keywords = "Fluorine bonding, Fluorosilicate glass, Optical fibre, Ytterbium",
author = "Maxime Cavillon and Benoit Faugas and Junjie Zhao and Courtney Kucera and Baris Kukuoz and Peter Dragic and Xvsheng Qiao and Jincheng Du and John Ballato",
note = "Funding Information: JZ, XQ, and JD thank UNT'S High Performance Computing Services for providing computational resources for the MD simulation. MC, BF, CK, BK, and JB thank Jianan Tang (Clemson University) for assistance with Raman spectroscopy. Financial support for the optical fibre fabrication and characterization was provided through US Department of Defence High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office grant N00014-17-1-2546 . Funding Information: JZ, XQ, and JD thank UNT'S High Performance Computing Services for providing computational resources for the MD simulation. MC, BF, CK, BK, and JB thank Jianan Tang (Clemson University) for assistance with Raman spectroscopy. Financial support for the optical fibre fabrication and characterization was provided through US Department of Defence High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office grant N00014-17-1-2546. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.jct.2018.08.016",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "128",
pages = "119--126",
journal = "Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics",
issn = "0021-9614",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}