Amorphization induced by subnanosecond laser pulses in phase-change optical recording media

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4367-4375

  Peng, Chubing ^a,b   Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DYNAMICS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MELTING; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; OPTICAL RECORDING; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VECTORS;

CRYTALLINE MATRIX; OPTICAL ENERGY; PHASE-CHANGE (PC); SUBNANOSECOND;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 4043133315     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004367     Document Type: Article

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