Evidence for surface initiated solidification in Ge films upon picosecond laser pulse irradiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3642-3649

  Siegel, J ^a   Solis, J ^a   Afonso, C N ^a   Vega, F ^b   Bankmann, J ^c   Martinez Sacristan O ^d   Sokolowski Tinten, K ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0035308018     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1347958     Document Type: Article

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