Optical properties of selenite glasses

Abstract The aim of this work is to obtain multicomponent selenite glasses containing other non-traditional glass formers such as V 2 O 5 , TeO 2 and MoO 3 and to verify their optical properties in the visible spectral region. Glasses containing MoO 3 and TeO 2 are transparent in the visible range and near IR region from 400 to 2300 nm. Transparent coloured glasses were obtained due to the electron transfer charge processes. Using IR spectroscopy it was determined the main building units of the amorphous network. It was found the presence of TeO 4 , SeO 3 and MoO 4 units.