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Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors

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Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors

Abstract

The sharp structure observed in the fundamental optical spectra of crystals, both vibrational and electronic, can be classified and interpreted by symmetry arguments based explicitly on the existence of long-range order. Indeed, this is one of the few properties of crystals which cannot be accounted for on the basis of short-range order alone: If the long-range order is destroyed, the sharp structural detail, which is typical for crystals, disappears. However, the broad features of the spectra are similar if the short-range order is similar.

The first version of this paper was written during a stay at Bell Laboratories, Inc. Murray Hill, New Jersey

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