Physical and optical properties of binary amorphous selenium-antimony thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Sharma, Ishu ^a   Katyal, S C ^a  

^a JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; ANTIMONY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; GLASS TRANSITION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AMORPHOUS SELENIUMS; AMORPHOUS THIN FILMS; BAND GAPS; BULK SAMPLES; CO-ORDINATION NUMBERS; COHESIVE ENERGIES; COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCES; EXTINCTION CO-EFFICIENT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; LONE-PAIR ELECTRONS; OPTICAL BAND-GAP; OPTICAL BEHAVIORS; SENSITIVE DETECTORS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; X-RAY IMAGING;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 62549125016     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3087520     Document Type: Article

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