Local laser-decolorizing of gamma-ray irradiated silicate glass

João M. Pinto Coelho; Catarina Silva; Andreia Ruivo; Maria L. Botelho; Antonio Pires de Matos

doi:10.1117/1.3591948

1 June 2011 Local laser-decolorizing of gamma-ray irradiated silicate glass

João M. Pinto Coelho, Catarina Silva, Andreia Ruivo, Maria L. Botelho, Antonio Pires de Matos

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 50, Issue 6, 064301 (June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3591948

Abstract

Local decolorizing of gamma-ray irradiated silicate glasses has been studied under thermal annealing by a laser beam. The influence of the beam's exposure time was studied, showing that an increase of the glass temperature on the irradiated areas can locally induce complete decolorizing (bleaching) of glass. In this work, the heat conduction differential equation is solved by numerical approach using the finite element method and results are compared by experimental analysis. Although much work is being developed in the fields of color centers creation and its decay by heat, this work presents the first systematic study on near-infrared decolorizing of gamma-irradiated float silicate glasses.

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João M. Pinto Coelho, Catarina Silva, Andreia Ruivo, Maria L. Botelho, and Antonio Pires de Matos "Local laser-decolorizing of gamma-ray irradiated silicate glass," Optical Engineering 50(6), 064301 (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3591948

Published: 1 June 2011

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