Research Article Preparation and Optical Investigations of [(Sr 1− Bi  )TiO 3 ]-[2SiO 2 B 2 O 3 ]-[CeO 2 ] Glasses Chandkiram Gautam, Anod Kumar Singh, and Abhishek Madheshiya Advanced Glass and Glass Ceramic Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India Correspondence should be addressed to Chandkiram Gautam; gautam ceramic@yahoo.com Received 24 May 2014; Revised 19 September 2014; Accepted 19 September 2014; Published 30 September 2014 Academic Editor: Jesus Corres Copyright © 2014 Chandkiram Gautam et al. his is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We are reporting synthesis and structural and optical investigation of strontium bismuth titanate borosilicate glasses with addition of one mole percent cerium oxide (CeO 2 ). Glasses were synthesized by conventional rapid melt quench method. XRD studies of the glass samples conirm the amorphous nature. Infrared absorption spectra various strontium bismuth titanate borosilicate glass samples having glass system 60[(Sr 1− Bi  )TiO 3 ]-39[2SiO 2 B 2 O 3 ]-1[CeO 2 ]( = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4) were recorded over a continuous spectral range from 400 to 4000 cm −1 . IR spectra were analyzed to determine and diferentiate of various vibrational modes in the structural change. Raman spectroscopy of all glass samples was also carried out in the wave number range from 200 to 2000 cm −1 . 1. Introduction Glasses are deined as inorganic product of fusion which has been cooled to a rigid condition without crystallization [1]. he main distinction between glass and crystal is the presence of long range order in the crystal structure. For many years glasses containing transition metal ions have attracted attention because of their potential applications in electrochemical, electronic, and electrooptics devices [2]. he most important fact about the glass is that it is amorphous, transparent, and brittle in nature. he glass has been used as an engineering material since ancient time. But because of rapid progress made in the glass industry in recent time, the glass has come out as the most versatile engineering material of the modern time. With help of techniques developed in the glass industry, the glass of any type and quality can be pro- duced to suit the requirements of diferent industries. Glass has become established as commercially important material in the ield of consumer product, vacuum tube envelops, tel- escope mirror blanks, radomes for the aerospace industry, and protective coating for metal [3]. he study of various oxide glasses has received con- siderable attention due to their structural property [4, 5]. hese glasses have wide application in the ield of electronics, nuclear and solar energy technologies, and acoustic-optics device [6–10]. he IR spectroscopy is one of the most com- mon spectroscopic techniques used by organic and inorganic chemists. Simply it is the absorption measurement of diferent IR frequencies by sample positioned in the path of an IR beam. he main goal of IR spectroscopic analysis is to deter- mine the chemical functional group of the samples. Using various samples accessories, IR spectrometer can accept a range of samples such as gasses, liquids, and solids. he IR spectroscopy is an important and popular tool for structural elucidation and compound identiication [11]. Raman spec- troscopy is also an essential tool for characterization of struc- ture, environment, and dynamics of glassy materials. In the Raman spectroscopy, the nature of light matter interaction is not the same as IR spectroscopy and fundamental diference between the two processes determines the selection rule, which control Raman or IR activity of normal mode of the vibrations. Interaction of IR radiation with normal mode of vibration only occurs when the electric ield radiation oscillates with the same frequency as instant dipole caused by atomic vibration. A normal vibration can be IR active only if change in the dipole moment of the vibration occurs Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Optics Volume 2014, Article ID 687207, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/687207