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Light-Induced Phenomena

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Light-induced structural changes are the most exciting phenomena in amorphous chalcogenides. We will overview thermal and photon effects and their mechanisms. These include bulk effects such as irreversible, reversible, and transitory changes. There exist also photo-chemical reactions, the most known being photodoping. In addition, these changes are either scalar (isotropic) or vector (anisotropic) upon excitation of linearly polarized light. It is also shown that computer simulations aid to understand the mechanisms. Light-induced phenomena in oxide, a-Si:H, and polymers are briefly discussed for comparison.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The word “photodarkening” may refer to, in general, a decrease in optical transmittances, and actually, it is employed in that sense by some researchers. However, it should be noted that, in the present context, the photodarkening represents a redshift of optical absorption edges.

  2. 2.

    We follow this terminology, though the usage of “negative” and “positive” is confusing.

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Tanaka, K., Shimakawa, K. (2011). Light-Induced Phenomena. In: Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors and Related Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9510-0_6

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