The invention belongs to the technical field of an optical material, and relates to an
infrared optical transmission material, an
infrared luminescent material and a preparation method thereof, in particular to novel
dysprosium-containing
chalcogenide glass and a preparation method thereof. The
dysprosium-containing
chalcogenide glass comprises the following components in mol content by the total weight of GeGaS-CdS glass: 20 to 24 mol percent of Ge, 10 to 12 mol percent of Ga, 52 to 67 mol percent of S, and 1 to 18 mol percent of CdS, wherein a range of
doping amount of a rare-earth element
dysprosium is between 1,000 and 50,000ppm. The preparation method mainly comprises the steps of pretreatment of a
quartz tube, purification treatment of a glass batch, vacuum seal and
glass melting. Compared with the prior
chalcogenide glass, an initial reactant of the dysprosium-containing
chalcogenide glass has no
corrosion to
quartz, introduction amount of rare-earth elements is quite high,
glass forming property is excellent, and thermodynamic performance is good. The preparation method for the novel dysprosium-doped
chalcogenide glass has the advantages of simple technology, no
corrosion, easy operation, short
processing period and high efficiency, and is suitable for large-scale production; and the dysprosium-containing
chalcogenide glass can be used as an
infrared laser material and applied to the high-tech fields such as national defense, communication and the like.