Charge transfer mechanisms between some shallow-trap centres involved in the photochromism of Bi12GeO20

H Marquet, JC Merle, JG Gies - Optical Materials, 2000 - Elsevier
Charge transfers between traps in undoped Bi12GeO20 (BGO) crystals have been
investigated so as to complete our previous studies concerning the mechanism of the …

The role of some shallow-trap centres in the photochromism of Bi12GeO20

H Marquet, JG Gies, JC Merle - Europhysics Letters, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
A close correlation between thermally stimulated conductivity and thermally bleached
photochromism experiments allows us to propose a charge transfer mechanism: free …

Optical evidence of a photorefractive effect due to holes in Bi12GeO20 crystals

G Pauliat, M Allain, JC Launay, G Roosen - Optics communications, 1987 - Elsevier
We report on the first observation to our knowledge of the photorefractive effect due to hole
photoconduction in Bi 12 GeO 20 (BGO) crystals. In cubic crystals such as BGO, the study of …

Characterization of deep levels in Bi12GeO20 by photoinduced current transient spectroscopy

N Benjelloun, M Tapiero, JP Zielinger… - Journal of applied …, 1988 - pubs.aip.org
A systematic investigation of deep levels in undoped and doped (Fe, Fe/V, excess of Bi)
single crystals of Bi12 GeO20 (BGO) has been performed by photoinduced current transient …

Temperature dependence of the photorefractive effect in

D Bloom, SWS McKeever - Journal of applied physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
The temperature dependence of the photorefractive effect in undoped and Ga-doped Bi 12
GeO 20 (BGO) crystals was measured over the temperature range from 40 to 300 K. From …

Photoconductivity study at room temperature of the undoped photorefractive Bi12GeO20

M Tapiero, JC Launay - Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal …, 1999 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Reliable and reproducible results on Bi 12 GeO 20 (BGO) crystals depend on the thermal
and optical history of the samples. It is then necessary to find well defined state of the …

Conductivity Instabilities and Polarization Effects of Bi12(Ge, Si) O20 single‐Crystal Samples

R Oberschmid - physica status solidi (a), 1985 - Wiley Online Library
When subjected to measurements of temperature‐dependent dark conductivity and
thermally stimulated currents, undoped and lightly doped Bi12GeO20 (BGO) and Bi12SiO20 …

Photochromic absorption of Bi12GeO20 doped with copper

MT Borowiec - Physica B+ C, 1985 - Elsevier
The photochromine effect in Bi 12 GeO 20 doped with Cu was investigated. The optical
absorption of coloured and bleached crystals divides into well separated bands and lines …

Light induced charge transfer processes in Cr doped Bi12GeO20 and Bi12SiO20 single crystals

W Wardzyński, H Szymczak, K Pataj, J Zmija - Journal of Physics and …, 1982 - Elsevier
Optical absorption and ESR spectra of Bi 12 GeO 20 doped with Cr were measured before
and after illumination with visible light. It was found that Cr 4+ ions in tetrahedral position are …

Trapping of photocarriers in Ga‐doped Bi12GeO20 at 80 K

D Bloom, SWS McKeever - Journal of applied physics, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
Data from measurements of optical absorption, photoconductivity, dark conductivity,
thermally stimulated conductivity (TSC), and thermoluminescence (TL) on samples of …