MacDonald, KFedotov, VassiliEason, Robert WZheludev, NRode, Andrei VLuther-Davies, BarryEmel'yanov, Vladimir2015-12-100740-3224http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69755Light-induced metallization was studied in laser-deposited gallium films. It was found that mirrors prepared upon silica glass by ultrafast pulsed laser deposition of elemental gallium shows a highly reproducible and fully reversible light-induced reflectivity increase. The effect was explained as being due to nonthermal light-induced metallization of gallium at the interface.Keywords: Fused silica; Gallium; Metallic films; Pulsed laser deposition; Light-induced metallization; Metallizing20012015-12-10