Kinetics of Photosensitivity in Ge-Sb-Se Thin Films

M. Olivier, R. Boidin, P. Hawlová, P. Němec, V. Nazabal

2015

Abstract

Chalcogenide (GeSe2)100-x(Sb2Se3)x thin films obtained using pulsed laser deposition are exposed to light with energy close to band gap energy, in order to investigate kinetics of photoinduced phenomena. It appears that a reversible transient photodarkening is observed. The metastable part of photodarkening, which seems to be slower, is followed by photobleaching. A modelling of the evolution of transmission during illumination suggests that each process has an independent effective time constant, and that magnitude of photoinduced phenomena depends on various parameters, such as laser’s fluency, absorption coefficient and composition.

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Olivier M., Boidin R., Hawlová P., Němec P. and Nazabal V. (2015). Kinetics of Photosensitivity in Ge-Sb-Se Thin Films . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-092-5, pages 67-72. DOI: 10.5220/0005332000670072


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@conference{photoptics15,
author={M. Olivier and R. Boidin and P. Hawlová and P. Němec and V. Nazabal},
title={Kinetics of Photosensitivity in Ge-Sb-Se Thin Films},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2015},
pages={67-72},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005332000670072},
isbn={978-989-758-092-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Kinetics of Photosensitivity in Ge-Sb-Se Thin Films
SN - 978-989-758-092-5
AU - Olivier M.
AU - Boidin R.
AU - Hawlová P.
AU - Němec P.
AU - Nazabal V.
PY - 2015
SP - 67
EP - 72
DO - 10.5220/0005332000670072