Crystallization of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 films induced by a single femtosecond laser pulse

Solid State Communications

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Zhang, Guangjun ^a,b   Gu, Donghong ^a   Jiang, Xiongwei ^a   Chen, Qingxi ^a   Gan, Fuxi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Thin films; D. Crystallization; E. X ray

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANTIMONY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER PULSES; TELLURIUM; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE GRAINS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; OPTICAL STORAGE; STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATIONS;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 10844282783     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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