Title: Physics and Applications of Non-Crystalline Semiconductors in Optoelectronics
Description: The reports published here cover two main topics: the theoretical basis of the physics of non- crystalline materials, and experimental results. Subjects treated include: optical properties of non-crystalline semiconductors; doping of glassy semiconductors and photoinduced effects in chalcogenide glasses and practical applications; methods for investigating the structure of non-crystalline semiconductors; new glassy materials for IR transmittance and optoelectronics; photoinduced transformations and applications. <br/> A novel item is the study of nonlinear optical effects in amorphous semiconducting films. The third-order optical nonlinearities, fast photoinduced optical absorption and refraction, acousto-optical effects recently discovered in non-crystalline semiconductors have potential uses in optical signal processing. <br/> Considerable attention is paid to the technical applications of the photoinduced phenomena in optoelectronics, optical and photoelectrical information storage media, high resolution lithography, optical diffraction elements, optoelectronic parts and circuits.