Asymmetry parameters of the electric field gradient tensor at (75) As nuclei were determined for chalcogenide glassy semiconductors (CGS) of the Ge-As-Se system by comparing the experimental and simulated (75) As nuclear quadrupole resonance nutation interferograms. The electric field gradient asymmetry in CGS was analyzed, and it is believed that a structural change in these glassy semiconductors takes place at r¯ =  2.425. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of the Ge-As-Se system were obtained for the first time. A comparison was made between the results of analysis of the Ge-As-Se system by nuclear quadrupole resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance methods, and this allowed us to make the supposition that a structural phase transition occurs at r¯ = 2.4 from two-dimensional to three-dimensional CGS structure.

Abstract:The structure of chalcogenide glassy semiconductors in three-component systems of Ge-As-Se and AsSb-Se has been studied by means of both NQR (nuclear quadrupole resonance) and EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectroscopy. It is investigated that in the glasses of both systems the value of the electric field gradient at the resonating nuclei grows with increasing concentration of the clusters As 2 Se 3 and Sb 2 Se 3 , thereby increasing the NQR resonance frequencies. It appears that for the Ge-As-Se system the structural transition from a two-dimensional to three-dimensional structure occurs at average coordination number¯ = 2.45. The EPR spectral parameters of glasses depend on the composition, the average coordination number and the temperature, and these are discussed. The effect of "ageing" for CGS (chalcogenide glassy semiconductors) of As-Sb-Se system due to partial crystallization of the sample is observed from the EPR spectra.