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This is a comprehensive text on the state of research in the field of photo-induced meta-stability in amorphous semiconductors. Because electronic excitation and photo-excitation can lead to modifications of the structure and properties of solids, especially in amorphous materials with intrinsic metastability, the results of research are relevant for establishing novel technologies in semiconducting devices.
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STRUCTURE, DEFECTS AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS PHOTO-INDUCED STRUCTURE-RELATED METASTABILITY IS AMORPHOUS CHALOGENIDES Short-, medium-, and long-range order structural transformations in amorphous chalcogenides (E. Mytilineou and A. V. Kolobov) Dynamics of photoinduced metastability in amorphous semiconductors (K. Shimakawa, A. Ganjoo) Sub-gap photoinduced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses (Keiji Tanaka) Photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses provided by hypervalent bonds (S. A. Dembovskii and E. A. Chechetkina) Photo-induced anisotropy in chalcogenide vitreous semiconductors (V. Lyubin and M. Klebanov) Photo-induced changes in liquid chalcogenides (K. Tamura) Photo-induced fluidity: Raman scattering studies (S. Yannopolous) PHOTO-INDUCED METASTABILITY IN HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON Staebler-Wronsky effect: physics and relevance to devices (P. Stradins and M. Kondo) Photo-induced structural metastability in a-Si:H (S. Nonomura) MODELS OF PHOTO-INDUCED METASTABILITY Historical overview of existing models of photo-induced metastability (A. Kolobov) Atomistic simulation approach to photostructural effects in glasses (D. Drabold) Soft potentials as the basis of structural transformations in glasses (M. Klinger) PHOTODIFFUSION AND RELATED PHENOMENA Photoinduced dissolution and diffusion of metals in amorphous chalcogenides (T. Wagner, and M. Frumar) Photo-induced surface deposition of silver in silver-rich chalcogenide glasses (S. Kawaguchi) APPLICATIONS OF PHOTO-INDUCED PHENOMENA Application of Ge-Sb-Te glasses for ultrahigh-density optical recording in SuperRENS (J. Tominaga) Properties of a-Se alloys for x-ray photoconductor applications (S. Kasap) Engineering chalcogenide glassy materials for integrated optics applications (K. Richardson) Applications of the photodissolution effect in chalcogenide glasses (P. Ewen) Photo-induced changes of structure and properties of amorphous chalcogenides (M. Frumar).
