Abstract
Non-radiative recombination of electron-hole pairs in chalcogenide glasses is described using a mechanism of a strong electron-phonon coupling. Recombination proceeds through a transient bonding rearrangement that creates a defect similar to those giving localized electronic states. Incomplete recombination which leaves the defect in a metastable state explains the reversible photostructural change.
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