UV laser induced inonization of silicon oxygen deficient centers (SODC) in silica glasses and germanium oxygen deficient centers (GODC) in germanosilicate glasses has been studied by direct displacement photocurrent measurements. For both SODC and GODC the two-photon (two-step) nature of photoionization has been established. The cross sections of transitions from first excited to upper (ionizable) states were estimated as σ12=6×10−18 cm2 for SODC and (0.5–1.0)×10−19 cm2 for GODC. The effect of pulse-to-pulse degradation of the photocurrent signal caused by the screening effect is applied to estimate the lifetimes and ranges of the free carriers. The conclusion was drawn, that ionized SODC and GODC play the key role for free charge trapping.
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