Photo-induced optical changes in GexAs40Se60-x thin films

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Chauhan, Rashmi ^a   Srivastava, Amit Kumar ^b   Tripathi, Arvind ^c   Srivastava, Krishna Kant ^d  

^a D A V COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c Epsilonium Systems   (India)

^d Dayanand Brajendra Swarup College   (India)

Author keywords

Chalcogenide glasses; Optical band gap; Optical properties; Photo induced effect; R software; Thin films; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; GLASS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

BULK SAMPLES; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILMS; OPTICAL-; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED EFFECTS; R SOFTWARES; THIN-FILMS; UV EXPOSURE; UV-LIGHT;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 80052578139     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0071(12)60007-0     Document Type: Article

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