Bulk solidification and recalescence phenomena in amorphous Ge films upon picosecond pulsed laser irradiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 6677-6682

  Siegel, J ^a   Solis, J ^a   Afonso, C N ^a   Garcia C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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EID: 0000362194     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363815     Document Type: Article

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