Photo-Induced Metastability in Amorphous Semiconductors (eBook)

Alexander Kolobov, Ph.D., Professor Senior ResearchScientist National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Tsukuba, Japan - Fellowships and visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge (UK), at the Ecole Superieur de Physique et de Chimie, Paris (F), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B) - MSc in Electrical Engineering at the Dept. of Optoelectronics (Head: Zh. I. Alferov, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 2000) - More than 130 refereed publications

STRUCTURE, DEFECTS AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS
(M. Popescu)
PHOTO-INDUCED PHENOMENA IN AMORPHOUS AND GLASSY CHALCOGENIDES
(M. Frumar, B. Frumarova, T. Wagner, and P. N¡emec)
SHORT-, MEDIUM- AND LONG-RANGE-ORDER STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN
AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS
(E. Mytilineou and A. Kolobov)
DYNAMICS OF PHOTO-INDUCED METASTABILITY IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDES
(K. Shimakawa)
SUB-GAP PHOTO-INDUCED PHENOMENA IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES
(K. Tanaka)
PHOTO-INDUCED ANISOTROPY IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSY SEMICONDUCTORS
(V.M. Lyubin and M.L. Klebanov)
THE OPTOMECHANICAL EFFECT IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDE FILMS
(M. Stuchlik, P. Krecmer, and S.R. Elliott)
PHOTO-PLASTIC EFFECTS IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES: RAMAN SCATTERING STUDIES
(S. N. Yannopoulos)
PHOTO-INDUCED NON-LINEARITY AND TRANSMITTANCE OSCILLATION IN GESE2 AND AS2S3
(J. Hajto and I. Janossy)
OPTICALLY-INDUCED DIFFUSION AND DISSOLUTION OF METALS IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDES
(T. Wagner and M. Frumar)
PHOTO-INDUCED DEPOSITION OF SILVER PARTICLES ON AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS
(T. Kawaguchi)
PHOTO-INDUCED CHANGES IN LIQUID SULFUR AND SELENIUM
(Y. Sakaguchi and K. Tamura)
STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT: PHYSICS AND RELEVANCE TO DEVICES
(P. Stradins and M. Kondo)
PHOTO-INDUCED STRUCTURAL METASTABILITY IN A-SI:H
(S. Nonomura)
FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND PHOTO STRUCTURAL RESPONSE IN AMORPHOUS SILICON AND CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES
(D.A. Drabold, X. Zhang, and J. Li)
SOFT ATOMIC MODES AND NEGATIVE-U CENTERS AS SOURCES OF METASTABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF GLASSES
(M.I. Klinger)
HYPERVALENT BONDS AS ACTIVE CENTERS PROVIDING PHOTO-INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS IN GLASSES
(S.A. Dembovsky and E.A. Chechetkina)
PHASE-CHANGE OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA
(T. Ohta and S.R. Ovshinsky)
APPLICATION OF GE-SB-TE GLASSES FOR ULTRAHIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL STORAGE
(J. Tominaga)
EVALUATION OF MULTIPLEXING IN HIGH-DENSITY HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORIES
(J.M. Gonzalez-Leal, P. Krecmer, J. Prokop, and S.R. Elliott)
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES PHOTO-WRITTEN IN GLASSES WITH A FEMTOSECOND LASER
(K. Hirao and K. Miura)
APPLICATIONS OF THE PHOTODISSOLUTION EFFECT IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES
(P.J.S. Ewen)
ENGINEERING GLASSY CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS FOR INTEGRATED OPTICS APPLICATIONS
(K. Richardson, T. Cardinal, M. Richardson, A. Schulte, and S. Seal)

STRUCTURE, DEFECTS AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS (M. Popescu)
PHOTO-INDUCED PHENOMENA IN AMORPHOUS AND GLASSY CHALCOGENIDES (M. Frumar, B. Frumarova, T. Wagner, and P. N¡Emec)
SHORT-, MEDIUM- AND LONG-RANGE-ORDER STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS (E. Mytilineou and A. Kolobov)
DYNAMICS OF PHOTO-INDUCED METASTABILITY IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDES (K. Shimakawa)
SUB-GAP PHOTO-INDUCED PHENOMENA IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES (K. Tanaka)
PHOTO-INDUCED ANISOTROPY IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSY SEMICONDUCTORS (V.M. Lyubin and M.L. Klebanov)
THE OPTOMECHANICAL EFFECT IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDE FILMS (M. Stuchlik, P. Krecmer, and S.R. Elliott)
PHOTO-PLASTIC EFFECTS IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES: RAMAN SCATTERING STUDIES (S. N. Yannopoulos)
PHOTO-INDUCED NON-LINEARITY AND TRANSMITTANCE OSCILLATION IN GESE2 AND AS2S3 (J. Hajto and I. Janossy)
OPTICALLY-INDUCED DIFFUSION AND DISSOLUTION OF METALS IN AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDES (T. Wagner and M. Frumar)
PHOTO-INDUCED DEPOSITION OF SILVER PARTICLES ON AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS (T. Kawaguchi)
PHOTO-INDUCED CHANGES IN LIQUID SULFUR AND SELENIUM (Y. Sakaguchi and K. Tamura)
STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT: PHYSICS AND RELEVANCE TO DEVICES (P. Stradins and M. Kondo)
PHOTO-INDUCED STRUCTURAL METASTABILITY IN A-SI:H (S. Nonomura)
FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND PHOTO STRUCTURAL RESPONSE IN AMORPHOUS SILICON AND CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES (D.A. Drabold, X. Zhang, and J. Li)
SOFT ATOMIC MODES AND NEGATIVE-U CENTERS AS SOURCES OF METASTABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF GLASSES (M.I. Klinger)
HYPERVALENT BONDS AS ACTIVE CENTERS PROVIDING PHOTO-INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS IN GLASSES (S.A. Dembovsky and E.A. Chechetkina)
PHASE-CHANGE OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA (T. Ohta and S.R. Ovshinsky)
APPLICATION OF GE-SB-TE GLASSES FOR ULTRAHIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL STORAGE (J. Tominaga)
EVALUATION OF MULTIPLEXING IN HIGH-DENSITY HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORIES (J.M. Gonzalez-Leal, P. Krecmer, J. Prokop, and S.R. Elliott)
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES PHOTO-WRITTEN IN GLASSES WITH A FEMTOSECOND LASER (K. Hirao and K. Miura)
APPLICATIONS OF THE PHOTODISSOLUTION EFFECT IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES (P.J.S. Ewen)
ENGINEERING GLASSY CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS FOR INTEGRATED OPTICS APPLICATIONS (K. Richardson, T. Cardinal, M. Richardson, A. Schulte, and S. Seal)

"The impressive array of subjects covered in the present compendium, all with an introductory positioning of the subject in the wider ensemble of photoinduced phenomena, makes the book an excelllent entry point for new students who enter the field as well as an invaluable reference tool to all scientists who already are actively involved in this area of research. Detailed tables of contents of the 23 chapters and a good subject index allow convenient use of the book in this way. Maybe some of the readers, after surveying the diverse collection of optically generated effects that are still without quantifiable model for the generating mechanism, will discover here some elements to improve their own models." Chemphyschem, 2004, Vol.5, No.7