Abstract
The Se-Te alloy has more diverse scientific and practical applications in switching, memory devices, phase change
recording devices etc as compared to a-Se, which crystallizes and ages easily. On illuminating the Se-Te thin film with
visible light, it shows changes in structural, optical and electrical properties. This paper reports the changes in optical
properties observed on illumination with electromagnetic radiation in visible region over Se-Te thin film. As a result of
illumination, the increased absorption coefficient causes a decrease in the optical band gap. The change in the properties
of thin film may be due to the increase in dangling bonds which increases the tailing in the band gap of the alloy.
Keywords
Chalcogenide glasses, a-SeTe alloy, Photo-induced, Optical properties.
Citation
VINEET SHARMA, ANUP THAKUR, Effect of visible light on a-SeTe thin film, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 10, October 2009, pp.1046-1049 (2009).
Submitted at: Sept. 21, 2009
Accepted at: Oct. 2, 2009