PRESSURE EFFECTS ON ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF SI-AS-TE CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES FABRICATED IN THE GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT
W. Shamskolahi et al., PRESSURE EFFECTS ON ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF SI-AS-TE CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES FABRICATED IN THE GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT, JPN J A P 1, 35(9A), 1996, pp. 4713-4717
Pressure-induced changes in the electrical resistivity and optical-abs
orption spectrum have been studied for two kinds of Si9As14Te21 ternar
y chalcogenide amorphous semiconductor samples fabricated in a microgr
avity environment and under the gravity environment of the earth. Band
gap narrowing occurs for both materials as is found commonly in chalc
ogenide glasses, whereas the change is less pronounced for the space-m
ade material than for the terrestrial-made material. A significant dif
ference is found in the pressure-induced change of the optical Urbach
energy, that is, it increases for the space-made material but decrease
s for the terrestrial-made material in the low-pressure regime. These
observations are accounted for upon assuming that the origin of the el
ectronic states at the top of the valence band differs for these two m
aterials although the material composition is identical.