Title : 
Electrical properties of neodymium phosphate glass
         
        
            Author : 
Budi, Agus Setyo ; Hussin, Rosli ; Sahar, Md Rahim
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fakulti Sains, Univ. Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The d.c electrical conductivity and I-V characteristics of neodymium phosphate glasses at temperatures ranging from 300 to 573 K, was investigated . Five samples of varying compositions from 5 mol% to 25 mol% Nd2O3 are prepared. The temperature dependence of electrical conductivity is in good agreement with the small polaron mechanism.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electrical conductivity; materials preparation; neodymium compounds; phosphate glasses; small polaron conduction; 300 to 573 K; Nd2O3P2O5; dc electrical conductivity; electrical properties; neodymium phosphate glass; small polaron mechanism; Conductivity; Electrons; Equations; Frequency; Furnaces; Glass; Neodymium; Phonons; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Semiconductor Electronics, 2002. Proceedings. ICSE 2002. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7578-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SMELEC.2002.1217817