Supercooling and structural relaxation in amorphous Ge films under pulsed laser irradiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 236-242

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

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MELTING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

PULSED LASER IRRADIATION; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION; SUPERCOOLING;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 0031191627     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.365803     Document Type: Article

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