Structure of amorphous Ge8 Sb2 Te11: GeTe-Sb2 Te3 alloys and optical storage

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Akola, J ^a,b,c   Jones, R O ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 66149192544     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134118     Document Type: Article

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