Polarization vortices in germanium telluride nanoplatelets: A theoretical study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Durgun, E ^a,b   Ghosez, Ph ^a,b   Shaltaf, R ^e   Gonze, X ^c,d   Raty, J Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b European Multifunctional Materials Institute (EMMI)   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GERMANIUM TELLURIDE; NANO-PLATELETS; PHASE-CHANGE PROPERTIES; TERNARY LOGIC; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOROIDAL MOMENT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GERMANIUM;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 71549164621     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.247601     Document Type: Article

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