Spectral dependence of photoinduced structural transformation and related changes of E g opt , α and n of thermally evaporated ternary As 40 S 60-x Se x thin films have been studied under the exposure to bandgap and super-/sub-bandgap light of LED. The irradiation by bandgap and super-bandgap light with intensity 0.1 W/cm 2 leads to partial photoinduced polymerization of molecular structural units into continuous network that is characteristic for the bulk glasses with appropriate stoichiometric composition. The efficiency of structural transformation depends on penetration depth of excitation beam. The maximum photosensitivity (i.e. changes of E g opt , α and n) were achieved at the wavelengths ~ 100 nm above the bandgap wavelength for each appropriate composition. Beyond the region of maximal photosensitivity the values of optical parameters and kinetics of photoinduced changes depend on relation between exposed and unexposed sublayer for super-bandgap beams or on absorption coefficient for sub-bandgap light.
Photostructural transformations within AsxS100-x (x = 30, 33, 35, 40) thin films upon exposure to LED light of different wavelengths, in both air and argon environments have been studied by high resolution XPS, Raman spectroscopy and LEIS methods. These complementary results show that light of energies close to the band gap does not modify chemical composition of the surface, but induces simple photopolymerization reactions. Superbandgap UV light, however, significantly increases S/As ratio on the surface due to formation of S-rich layer under both environmental conditions. It is proposed that photovaporization of both oxide and non-oxide cage-like molecules is responsible for the observed effect.
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