Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Number C4, Octobre 1981
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors
Page(s) C4-391 - C4-394
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981484
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C4-391-C4-394

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981484

STRUCTURAL MODELLING OF REVERSIBLE PHOTODARKENING IN a-AsxSe

R. Grigorovici and A. Vancu

Institute of Physics and Technology of Materials, Bucharest-Magurele, P.O.B. MG7, Romania


Abstract
Reversible photodarkening in amorphous As -Se films is attributed to photopolymerization. The difference between As-rich and Se-rich films is due to the initial predominantly molecular structure of the former and to the structural instability under heat of the latter.