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Record Nr.

UNINA9910488700703321

Autore

Tanaka Keiji

Titolo

Amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors and related materials / / Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-69598-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages)

Disciplina

537.622

Soggetti

Amorphous semiconductors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Noncrystalline, Amorphous, and Glassy -- 1.2 Crystalline Versus Noncrystalline -- 1.3 Characteristic Feature -- 1.3.1 Amorphous Material -- 1.3.2 Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductor -- 1.4 Historical Background: Chalcogenide and Oxide -- 1.5 Atomic and Electron Configurations -- 1.6 Ionicity, Covalency, and Metallicity of Atomic Bonds -- 1.7 Variety in Chalcogenides -- 1.7.1 Elemental -- 1.7.2 Binary -- 1.7.3 Ternary and More Complicated -- 1.8 Preparation -- 1.8.1 Glass (Bulk, Fiber) -- 1.8.2 Film and Others -- 1.9 Dependence upon Experimental Variables -- References -- Chapter 2: Structure -- 2.1 Ideal Structure -- 2.2 Practical Structure -- 2.3 Short-Range Structure -- 2.3.1 Experiments -- 2.3.2 Observations -- 2.4 Medium-Range Structure -- 2.4.1 Small Medium-Range Structure -- 2.4.2 First Sharp Diffraction Peak -- 2.5 Defect -- 2.6 Computer Analyses -- 2.7 Homogeneity -- 2.8 Surface and Nanostructures -- References -- Chapter 3: Atomic Properties -- 3.1 Structure and Properties -- 3.2 Vibrational Properties -- 3.2.1 Atomic Vibration -- 3.2.2 Boson Peak -- 3.3 Glass Transition -- 3.4 Fragility -- 3.5 Crystallization -- 3.6 Low-temperature Anomaly and Chemical Properties -- 3.7 Magic Numbers: 2.4 and 2.67 -- 3.8 Ionic Conduction -- References -- Chapter 4: Electronic Properties -- 4.1 Electronic Structure -- 4.2 Band Structure -- 4.3 Bandgap and Mobility Edge -- 4.4 Gap States -- 4.5 Optical Property -- 4.6 Optical



Absorption -- 4.6.1 Tauc Gap -- 4.6.2 Urbach Edge -- 4.6.3 Weak Absorption Tail -- 4.7 Refractive Index -- 4.8 Optical Nonlinearity -- 4.9 Electrical Conduction -- 4.9.1 Background -- 4.9.2 Carrier Transport -- 4.9.3 Meyer-Neldel Rule -- 4.9.4 AC Conductivity -- 4.10 Compositional Variation -- References.

Chapter 5: Photoelectronic Properties -- 5.1 Photoexcitation and Relaxation -- 5.2 Photoluminescence -- 5.2.1 CW Photoluminescence -- 5.2.2 Time-Resolved Photoluminescence -- 5.3 Photovoltage -- 5.4 Photoconduction -- 5.4.1 CW Photoconduction -- 5.4.2 Time-Resolved Photoconduction -- 5.5 Avalanche Breakdown -- References -- Chapter 6: Light-Induced Phenomena -- 6.1 Overall Features -- 6.2 Thermal Effects in Chalcogenide -- 6.2.1 Phase Change -- 6.2.2 Other Photothermal Phenomena -- 6.3 Photon Effects in Chalcogenide -- 6.3.1 Classification and Overall Features -- 6.3.2 Experimental -- 6.3.3 Computer Simulation -- 6.3.4 Photo-Crystallization -- 6.3.5 Photo-Polymerization -- 6.3.6 Giant Photo-contraction -- 6.3.7 Other Irreversible Changes -- 6.3.8 Reversible Photodarkening and Refractive Index Increase -- 6.3.8.1 Overall Features -- 6.3.8.2 Dependence upon Temperature and Pressure -- 6.3.8.3 Dependence upon Excitation Light -- 6.3.8.4 Variations with Materials -- 6.3.8.5 Mechanisms -- 6.3.9 Other Reversible Changes -- 6.3.9.1 Photoinduced Electrical Changes -- 6.3.9.2 Photoinduced Volume Changes -- 6.3.9.3 Photoinduced Thermal, Mechanical, and Chemical Changes -- 6.3.10 Photoinduced Phenomena at Low Temperatures -- 6.3.10.1 Observations -- 6.3.10.2 Atomic Mechanisms -- 6.3.11 Transitory Changes -- 6.3.11.1 Optical Changes -- 6.3.11.2 Mechanical Changes -- 6.3.12 Vector Effects -- 6.3.12.1 Optical Changes -- 6.3.12.2 Anisotropic Shape Changes -- 6.3.13 Photochemical Reactions -- 6.3.13.1 Photodoping -- 6.3.13.2 Photo-Surface Deposition and Photochemical Modification -- 6.3.13.3 Photooxidation and Photo-enhanced Vaporization -- 6.4 Photon Effects in Oxide Glasses -- 6.5 Light-induced Phenomena in Amorphous Si:H Films -- 6.5.1 Thermal Effects in Amorphous Si:H Films -- 6.5.2 Photon Effects in Amorphous Si:H Films -- 6.6 Photon Effects in Organic Polymers.

References -- Chapter 7: Applications -- 7.1 Overall Features -- 7.2 Optical Device -- 7.2.1 Optical Fiber -- 7.2.2 Metal-Doped Fiber -- 7.2.3 Waveguide -- 7.2.4 Nonlinear Device -- 7.3 Photo-Structural Device -- 7.4 Phase Change -- 7.4.1 Background -- 7.4.2 Optical Phase Change -- 7.4.3 Electrical Phase Change -- 7.5 Electrical Device -- 7.6 Photoelectric Device -- 7.6.1 Copying Photoreceptor -- 7.6.2 Vidicon and X-Ray Imager -- 7.6.3 Solar Cell -- 7.7 Ionic Device and Others -- 7.7.1 Ionic Memoy -- 7.7.2 Ion Sensor -- 7.7.3 Battery -- References -- Chapter 8: Future Prospects -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Fundamentals -- 8.3 Applications -- Reference -- Appendix A: Publications on Related Crystals -- Appendix B: Computer Analyses and Simulations -- Appendix C: Electron-Beam Induced Phenomena -- Index.