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Abstract

We report on a photoinduced phenomenon in solids, namely, photomelting at low temperature. We have found that both trigonal and amorphous selenium can be molten by illumination with light at a temperature of ∼77 K. This phenomenon is pure optical (athermal) and it is associated with light-induced breaking of the interchain (intermolecular) bonds in selenium. The photomelting is important for basic science (as an example of photoinduced phase transition in condensed matter and as a key photoinduced phenomenon in selenium and related materials) and for applications (as a tool for fine manipulation with shape of solids by light at low temperatures).

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Poborchii, V. V., Kolobov, A. V., & Tanaka, K. (1999). Photomelting of selenium at low temperature. Applied Physics Letters, 74(2), 215–217.

Authors 3
  1. Vladimir V. Poborchii (first)
  2. Alexander V. Kolobov (additional)
  3. Kazunobu Tanaka (additional)
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Dates
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Created 23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 9:36 a.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 3, 2024, 10:36 a.m.)
Indexed 1 year, 4 months ago (April 22, 2024, 3:42 a.m.)
Issued 26 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 1999)
Published 26 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 1999)
Published Print 26 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 1999)
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@article{Poborchii_1999, title={Photomelting of selenium at low temperature}, volume={74}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.123297}, DOI={10.1063/1.123297}, number={2}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Poborchii, Vladimir V. and Kolobov, Alexander V. and Tanaka, Kazunobu}, year={1999}, month=jan, pages={215–217} }