Photo-induced nonthermal melting of amorphous chalcogenides observed by pump and probe x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Phase Transitions

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 235-254

  Oyanagi, H ^a   Kolobov, A ^b   Tanaka, K ^b,c  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amorphous As2Se3; Amorphous Se; Photo induced nonthermal melting; Photo structural change; Photodarkening; Pump and probe XAFS

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144532509     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590108224570     Document Type: Article

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