Raman scattering measurements are reported for amorphous selenium. It is found that the molecular structure of a-Se on the scale of medium-range order differs from the structure of most inorganic glasses. A laser-induced glass-crystalline transition is also studied. The experimental results suggest the existence of successive phases in such transition with pronounced threshold behaviour.
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