• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.316-322
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• 1986

In this paper, the photodoping effect on the interface of Ag-amorphous As2S3 thin film has been investigated by measuring the resistance change of the Ag layer, the absorption coefficient of the As2S3, the optical density of As2S3 layer and the short-circuit photocurrents under light irradiation. As the experimental results, the photodissolution rate and the photodiffusion rate depends on the magnitude of photon energy absorbed in the As2S3. The sensitivity limit of the photodissolution rate at Ag layer was about 630[nm] and the sensitivity limit of the photodiffusion rate at the Ag-As2S3 interface was about 680[nm]. Also, it was found that the depth of photodiffusion was proportional to the square root of exposing time.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.461-466
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• 2006

In the present work, we investigated the photodissolution and photodiffusion effect on the interface of Ag/chalcogenide $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}$ thin film by measuring the absorption coefficient, the optical density, the resistance change of Ag layer. It was found that the photodissolutioniphotodiffution ratio depends on the magnitude of photon energy absorbed in the chalcogenide thin film and the depth of photodiffution was proportional to the square root of the exposed time. Also, we have investigated the holographic grating formation with P-polarization states on chalcogenide $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}$ thin film and $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}/Ag$ double layer structure thin film. Holographic gratings have been formed using He-Ne laser (632.8 nm) which have a smaller energy than the optical energy gap, $E_g\;_{opt}$ of the film, i. e., an exposure of sub-bandgap light $(h{\upsilon} under P-polarization. As the results, we found that the diffraction efficiency on $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}/Ag$ double layer structure thin film was more higher than that on single $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}$ thin film. Also, we obtained that the maximum diffraction efficiency was 0.27 %, 1,000 sec on $As_{40}Ge_{10}Se_{15}S_{35}\;(1{\mu}m)/Ag$ (10 nm) double layer structure thin film by (P: P) polarized recording beam. It will offer lots of information for the photodoping mechanism and the analyses of chalcogenide thin films.