OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIA BASED ON AN AMORPHOUS PHOTOCONDUCTOR WITH HIGH AVALANCHE AMPLIFICATION - THE AMORPHOUS ANALOG OF TRIGONAL SELENIUM

Authors
CHERKASOV YA ZAKHAROVA NB
Citation
Ya. Cherkasov et Nb. Zakharova, OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIA BASED ON AN AMORPHOUS PHOTOCONDUCTOR WITH HIGH AVALANCHE AMPLIFICATION - THE AMORPHOUS ANALOG OF TRIGONAL SELENIUM, Journal of optical technology, 64(7), 1997, pp. 627-632
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of optical technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10709762
Volume
64
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
627 - 632
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-9762(1997)64:7<627:OIMBOA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This paper discusses the phenomenon of avalanche amplification in stro ng electric fields for an amorphous photoconductor consisting of the a morphous analog of trigonal selenium. It shows that this photodetector can be used as a basis for creating avalanche-type superhigh-sensitiv ity optical information media (photothermoplastics, photoconductive ta rgets, and light modulators). (C) 1997 The Optical Society of America.