Ultrafast amorphization in Ge10Sb2Te13 thin film induced by single femtosecond laser pulse

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3470-3473

  Konishi, Mitsutaka ^a   Santo, Hisashi ^a   Hongo, Yuki ^a   Tajima, Kazuyuki ^a   Hosoi, Masaharu ^a   Saiki, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; GERMANIUM; LASER HEATING; LASER PULSES; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PROBES; FEMTOSECONDS; LASER THERMAL ANNEALING; NON-THERMAL PROCESS; RECORDING MARKS; SINGLE PULSE; ULTRA-FAST;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77955971958     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003470     Document Type: Article

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