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Metastable States in Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors

By Victor I. Mikla , Victor I. Mikla (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
978-3-642-02744-4, 978-3-642-02745-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-02745-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2822147 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Materials Science 128
Edition
1
Pages
122\129
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Optical and Electronic Materials;Phase TransitionsOptoelectronicsPlasmonics and Optical Devices

Description

This book addresses an interesting and technologically important class of materials, the amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors. Experimental results on the structural and electronic metastable states in Se-rich chalcogenides are presented. Special attention is paid to the states in the mobility gap and their sensitivity to various factors such as irradiation, annealing and composition. Photoinduced changes of structure and physical properties are also considered and structural transformation at photocrystallization is studied in detail. Finally, the authors discuss potential applications of the observed effects in xerography, digital radiography and for optical data storage.

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