Hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxygen alloy films (a-Si:O:H) with wide optical-gap have been prepared by rf glow discharge decomposition of CO//2 and SiH//4 gas mixture. The optical-gap increases monotonically from 1. 76 ev to 2. 43 ev with increasing molar fraction of CO//2 to SiH//4 in the gas phase. A high photoconductivity of 4. 1 multiplied by 10** minus **9( OMEGA multiplied by (times) cm)** minus **1 is obtained for the films with the optical-gap of 2. 43 ev. Efficient doping is possible in these films and these properties suggest that the films are useful as window materials of photodetectors.