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Selenium doped with arsenic thin films prepared by thermal evaporation were
exposed to white light in air. The structure of thin films gradually chang
ed from amorphous to polycrystalline as the time of exposure and film tempe
rature increased. The grain size increases up to 27.69 nm when the As doped
Se thin film was exposed to light for 1 h. The electrical resistivity beha
viour as a function of temperature and exposure time was detected for films
deposited on glass and mica substrates. The activation energies were calcu
lated in darkness and during illumination for deposited materials. The refr
active index (n) and absorption coefficient (alpha) were determined before
and after phototransformation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights re
served.