are a promising candidate for
high energy irradiation detectors in dosimetric system because
ChGs exhibit high sensitivity to irradiations due to their flexible
structures, thus establishing a close tie between radiation-induced
effects and absorbed doses [1–3]. In comparison with the commonly
used colored oxide glasses, ChGs have advantages of allowing the
higher absorbed dose and the lower regeneration temperature for
reuse [4]. Our recent work shows that the c-ray sensitivity of ChGs
can be controlled by AgI modifying to form the chalcohalide glasses
and/or Ag doping where the silver content plays a key role in the
c-ray induced changes of the optical properties [5]. On the other
hand, silver-doped ChGs have shown some interesting photoinduced
phenomena potential for applications in optical data
memory and materials for holography, e.g., photodarkening,
photorefraction, photo-surface-deposition [6–8], etc. Chalcohalide
glasses containing AgI have also attracted considerable scientific
interests as fast ionic conductors and optoelectronic materials since
they possess the unique isotropic ionic conductivity, can be easily
fabricated into complex shapes and have a wide compositional
flexibility to optimize their properties [9,10]. Our newest result
has shown that the conductivity as high as 105 Scm1 can be
achieved for the [(GeS2)40–(Ga2S3)30–(AgI)30]80–Ag20 chalcohalide