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Based on simple model concepts, taking into account the presence of intermediate order, the frequency dependence of the light absorption coefficient is determined in the region of the optical tail, formed by the “intrinsic” random field of an amorphous semiconductor.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 11, pp. 35–41, November, 1982.
In conclusion, the author is grateful to V. L. Bonch-Bruevich for a number of useful discussions.
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Iskra, V.D. Intermediate order and interband optical absorption. Soviet Physics Journal 25, 1005–1010 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891896
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