Ultra-high-density phase-change storage and memory

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Hamann, Hendrik F ^a   O'Boyle, Martin ^a   Martin, Yves C ^a   Rooks, Michael ^a   Wickramasinghe, H Kumar ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; LASERS; PHASE CHANGING CIRCUITS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CURRENT INDUCED SWITCHING; JOULE HEATING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY PHASE-CHANGE STORAGE;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 33646486708     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1627     Document Type: Article

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