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Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors and Related Materials

  • Provides introductory and concise descriptions to the field of Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors, or Chalcogenide Glassy Semiconductors
  • Includes comparisons of crystalline and non-crystalline semiconductors, descriptions of fundamental features of amorphous semiconductors, and clear indications of still controversial problems
  • Explains the principles underlying practical applications such as DVD (digital versatile disk), x-ray imager, avalanche vidicon, infrared devices, so forth. Also, it includes growing future applications such as neuro-morphic devices and non-linear optical components

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 1-30
  3. Structure

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 31-65
  4. Atomic Properties

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 67-97
  5. Electronic Properties

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 99-139
  6. Photoelectronic Properties

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 141-162
  7. Light-Induced Phenomena

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 163-226
  8. Applications

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 227-264
  9. Future Prospects

    • Keiji Tanaka, Koichi Shimakawa
    Pages 265-269
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 271-300

About this book

This book provides introductory, comprehensive, and concise descriptions of amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors and related materials. It includes comparative portraits of the chalcogenide and related materials including amorphous hydrogenated Si, oxide and halide glasses, and organic polymers. It also describes effects of non-equilibrium disorder, in comparison with those in crystalline semiconductors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Keiji Tanaka

  • Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

    Koichi Shimakawa

About the authors

Keiji Tanaka (born in December 1947 in Wakayama city) is a Japanese solid-state scientist.After receiving Master Degree in Hokkaido University in Sapporo in 1972, he worked as a member of Central Laboratory in Canon Inc. in Tokyo for two years. Then, he came back to the university as a research associate. He got Doctor Degree in 1980 with a thesis entitled “Photoinduced refractive-index changes in As-S amorphous semiconductor films”. He became a lecturer in Department of Applied Physics, associate professor, and full professor in 1991, retired in 2012, and is now Emeritus Professor. He got 1st Ovshinsky Award (2001), “Fellow” of Japan Society of Applied Physics (2010), and APEX/JJAP Editorial Contribution Award (2011).

Koichi Shimakawa is a Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Gifu University, Japan. He is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of amorphous semiconductors. He was awarded OVSHINSKY AWARD 2003 for his contribution to the chalcogenide glasses. He has heldvisiting appointments at both Cambridge and Glasgow Universities, UK and was awarded the honorary visiting researcher’s position at Leicester University, UK.

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