Abstract
Brillouin experiments on vitreous yttrium-phosphate glass under
pressures up to 7GPa obtained using a diamond anvil cell are reported,
Irreversible changes occur as a function of pressure and are interpreted
as an indication of a new polymorph of the original glass. The results
are compared with the experimental data available for a series of
different glassy systems. The observed Brillouin frequency shift under
pressure relative to longitudinal waves is assigned to a rearrangement
of PO4 tetrahedra. A mechanism accounting for the pressure-induced
transition in glasses is proposed.
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