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Light-assisted physical aging in chalcogenide glasses: Dependence on the wavelength of incident photons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

Andrzej Kozdras ,
Roman Golovchak ,
Oleh Shpotyuk ,
Stefan Szymura ,
Allisson Saiter  and
Jean-Marc Saiter
Andrzej Kozdras*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, Opole University of Technology, Opole PL-45370, Poland
Roman Golovchak
Affiliation:
Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Materials of SRC “Carat”, Lviv UA-79031, Ukraine; and Institute of Physics of Jan Dlugosz University, Czestochowa PL-42201, Poland
Oleh Shpotyuk
Affiliation:
Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Materials of SRC “Carat”, Lviv UA-79031, Ukraine; and Institute of Physics of Jan Dlugosz University, Czestochowa PL-42201, Poland
Stefan Szymura
Affiliation:
School of Higher Vocational Education in Nysa, Institute of Management, Nysa PL-48300, Poland
Allisson Saiter
Affiliation:
AMME International Laboratory, LECAP EA4528, Institut des Matériaux de Rouen, Université de Rouen, Faculté des Sciences, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
Jean-Marc Saiter
Affiliation:
AMME International Laboratory, LECAP EA4528, Institut des Matériaux de Rouen, Université de Rouen, Faculté des Sciences, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: a.kozdras@po.opole.pl
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Abstract

Physical aging induced by an exposure of As–Se, As–S, and Ge–Se glasses to the light of different discrete wavelengths is studied using differential scanning calorimetry technique. The value of this effect is compared to the physical aging caused by natural storage in the dark. It is shown that a choice of As or Ge atoms does not influence significantly the spectral dependence of light-assisted physical aging, whereas substitution of Se with S causes drastic changes in the magnitude of the effect. The mechanism of the observed light-induced phenomena is discussed in terms of transient and metastable displacements of network chalcogen atoms.

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Radiation effectsAmorphousDifferential thermal analysis
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 18 , 28 September 2011 , pp. 2420 - 2427
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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