Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
Optical and infrared reflection spectra for Bi implanted silica are reported as a function of dose and thermal annealing. A series of high purity silica samples were implanted with Bi ions at an energy of 350 KeV. Doses were 1 × 1016 and 1.0 × 1017ions/cm2 at 5μamps/cm2. The samples were subsequently thermally annealed at 400, 600 and 800 C. The optical absorption from 6.2 to 1.8 eV and infrared reflectance from 5000 to 450 cm”−1 were measured before and after annealing. Effects of thermal annealing are strongly dependent on Bi content.