Electronic Volume Effect in Silicon
- 12 June 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 18 (24) , 1058-1061
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.18.1058
Abstract
Volume contraction of a silicon crystal under intense illumination by laser light has been observed and an explanation of the phenomenon in terms of an electronic effect is proposed.Keywords
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