A review on the linear/nonlinear optical properties of Se doped chalcogenide thin films as potential optoelectronic applications

Fabrication of Smart Materials Using Laser Processing: Analysis and Prospects

“…The research explored both bulk and thin films of these materials, emphasizing their applications in optoelectronic devices, such as switching, metasurfaces, de-multiplexers, and modulation concepts. One of the most common methods for deposition of chalcogenide thin films is the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique [176].…”

Enhancing the optoelectronic properties of solution-processed AgInSe2 thin films for application in photovoltaics

“…Inorganic semiconductors find utility in various optoelectronic applications ranging from photovoltaics to telecommunications, lighting, sensors, medical devices and others. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] For the worldwide use of solar energy to lead to a green energy economy, we need photovoltaic materials that are low-cost, stable, have good optoelectronic and charge transport properties, and can be easily manufactured on a large scale. Thin-film solar cells show all these characteristics, some of which have surpassed the monocrystalline Si efficiency.…”

Native Crystal Growth Revealed by a Joint Microscopy–Calorimetry Technique in (GeS2)0.1(Sb2S3)0.9 Thin Amorphous Films: A Critical Role of Internal Stress and Mechanical Defects

“…Note that chalcogenides are often used as optical elements (prisms, gratings, lenses, monochromators, or laser-tuned devices), (photoinduced) waveguides and optical fibers, optical amplifiers and lasers, photonic switches, thermal and hyperspectral imaging devices, temperature monitors, and chemical sensors in the infrared spectral region (due to their high transparency above ∼1 μm). In addition to their optical applications, the chalcogenide glasses are also known for being employed as optical and electrical memory materials, rewritable recording materials, solid electrolytes for batteries, sensitive electrochemical electrodes, ionic or superionic superconductors, transistors, or switches (owing to their semiconducting properties). − The second reason for the crystal growth rate studies in chalcogenide materials is the utilization of that information for controlled preparation of the crystalline phase. Such preparation can be either one-shot permanent formation of the chalcogenide ceramics and glass ceramics − or reversible, such as occurring in the state-of-the-art technologies based on the chalcogenide phase-change materials (nonvolatile memories, flexible displays, nanoscale switches, energy storage), − where the amorphous-to-crystalline transformation (induced by heating, lighting, or electrical means) represents a fundamental aspect of the device functionality.…”