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OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 7, Pages 1088-1092Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2007.05.016
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chalcogenides; vacuum evaporation; spectral ellipsometry; optical properties; photo-induced changes
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The influence of light illumination on the optical constants of chalcogenide thin films with non-stoichiometric GexSb20-xTe80 (x = 15,17,19) composition is studied by spectral ellipsometry in the visible range of light. The films were deposited onto glass substrates by vacuum thermal evaporation of parent glasses and were subjected to an 1-h illumination with a 500 W HBO mercury lamp. It has been established that illumination of the films leads to a decrease of the refractive index, n, in the whole spectral region studied and to an increase of the extinction coefficient, k, in the range of 600-800 nm. The optical bandgap energy E-g values are within 0.55-0.76 eV with a tendency to increase with increasing the Ge content. Illumination resulted in a sharp decrease of the E-g values indicating structural change in the films. Leaving the films at atmospheric conditions the optical parameters values change toward their initial values of unilluminated state. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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