Abstract
Optical absorption measurements near the absorption edge are presented for three bulk semiconductor glasses: , , and . The weak absorption tails observed below the exponential part of the edge also follow an exponential law, and they are not due to a light-scattering artifact. We associate them with localized states in the band gap. The results are interpreted in terms of a model in which optical transitions occur between localized states below the mobility edge and extended states of the opposite band.
- Received 14 October 1971
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.5.3144
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