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Structural transformations in amorphous AsxSe1-X (0≤x≤0.20) films

V. I. MIKLA1,* , V. V. MIKLA2

Affiliation

  1. Institute for Solid State Physics and Chemistry, Uzhgorod National University, Uzhgorod, Voloshina 54, Ukraine
  2. Yazaki Ltd, Ukraine

Abstract

Structural transformations are examined through Raman scattering measurements for amorphous Se-rich AsxSe1-x (0≤x≤0.2) alloys. It is found that the molecular structure of amorphous Se (a-Se) on the scale of medium-range order differs from the structure of most inorganic glasses and may be placed between three-dimensional network glasses and polymeric ones. Further experiments show the existence of successive phases in laser-induced glass - crystalline transition with pronounced threshold behavior. By comparing peak width, peak location and Raman intensity in the range of bond modes it is derived that the changes occur not monotonically with increasing As content. The composition-induced changes of the spectra are explained by cross-linking of Se chains. Under laser irradiation, the changes in the optical transmission, holographic recording properties and Raman spectra of amorphous AsxSe1-x films with 0 < x ≤ 0.2 have been examined. The dependence of the transmissivity and diffraction efficiency on the irradiation energy density shows two qualitatively different regions. Below the energy density threshold, Eth, only small changes in the local structure of the system can be detected. In the low-energy region, transient changes in transmissivity are observed. Qualitative explanation of this behavior may be based on associating such with alternating of deep defect states. Above Eth, the changes were attributed to crystallization transformation. The corresponding Raman spectra reveal transformation of the system from amorphous into the crystalline phase under laser irradiation. Although several articles and texts have provided reviews on various properties and applications of chalcogenide glasses, there is no thorough study of local atomic structure and its modification for Serich amorphous AsxSe1-x. The present paper is concerned with this problem..

Keywords

Amorphous chalcogenides, Raman scattering, Structural transformations.

Submitted at: Sept. 25, 2007
Accepted at: Jan. 18, 2008

Citation

V. I. MIKLA, V. V. MIKLA, Structural transformations in amorphous AsxSe1-X (0≤x≤0.20) films, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 10, Iss. 1, pp. 131-140 (2008)