EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2024)
Raman Gain in Transparent Nanostructured Glass-Ceramic
Abstract
Stimulated Raman scattering in transparent glass-ceramics (TGCs) based on bulk nucleating phase Ba2NaNb5O15 were investigated with the aim to explore the influence of micro- and nanoscale structural transformations on Raman gain. TGCs are composed of nanocrystals that are 10–15 nm in size, uniformly distributed in the residual glass matrix. A significant Raman gain improvement for both BaNaNS glass and TGCs with respect to SiO2 glass is demonstrated, which can be clearly related to the nanostructuring process.