Direct evidence for abrupt postcrystallization germanium precipitation in thin phase-change films of Sb-15 at. % Ge

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cabral, C ^a   Krusin Elbaum, L ^a   Bruley, J ^a   Raoux, S ^b   Deline, V ^b   Madan, A ^c   Pinto, T ^c  

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

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THICK FILMS;

FREE PHASE; MEMORY CELLS; NANO-SIZED; NON-VOLATILE; PHASE CHANGES; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWO-STEP PROCESSES;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 50249158463     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2970106     Document Type: Article

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