On the nature of photoinduced absorption in photochromic (AgCl)x(CuCl)1-x films

Abstract

Absorption spectrum of photochromic (AgCl)x(CuCl)1-x films has been studied. The intense band of induced absorption in visible region has been established to be a superposition of two bands, namely, that of absorption by silver colloid particles shaped as ellipsoids or chains of spherical particles and absorption band of Cu2+ ions in AgCl.