Optical band gap and Raman spectra in some (Bi2O3)x(WO3)y(TeO2)100−x−y and (PbO)x(WO3)y(TeO2)100−x−y glasses

The glasses representing (Bi2O3)x(WO3)y(TeO2)100−x−y and (PbO)x(WO3)y(TeO2)100−x−y systems were prepared. The dilatometric glass-transition temperatures of examined glass samples were found in the region 383–434 °C, the coefficient of thermal expansion varied from 12 to 16 ppm/°C and the density ranged from 6.302 to 6.808 g/cm3. From the optical transmission measurements of thin glassy bulk samples prepared by a glass blowing, the optical gap values were found in the narrow region 3.21–3.36 eV. For the temperature interval 300–480 K, the values of the temperature coefficient of the optical band gap varied from 3.7 × 10−4 to 5.24 × 10−4 eV/K. It is suggested that Raman feature observed at around 350 cm−1 can be assigned to an overlap of Raman bands attributed to WO6 corner shared octahedra and to the following three atomic linkages: Bi–O–Te, Pb–O–Te and W–O–Te.