Photoconductivity in confined gallium

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作者
Fedotov, VA [1 ]
Woodford, M [1 ]
Jean, I [1 ]
Zheludev, NI [1 ]
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[1] Univ Southampton, Dept Phys & Astron, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
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10.1063/1.1448851
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report on the observation of photoconductivity in elemental gallium confined at an interface with glass. The effect is associated with a fully reversible light-induced structural transformation in the metal, which affects a surface layer only a few nanometers thick. The effect has the potential for applications in optically fast, broadband photodetectors. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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