First principles study of the optical contrast in phase change materials

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 31, 2010, Pages

  Caravati, S ^a   Bernasconi, M ^b   Parrinello, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; AMORPHOUS NETWORKS; AMORPHOUS PHASE; AMORPHOUS PHASIS; CRYSTALLINE MODEL; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; OPTICAL CONTRAST; OPTICAL MATRIX ELEMENT; PHASE CHANGE; REALISTIC MODEL;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ANTIMONY; GERMANIUM; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTIMONY; ELECTRONS; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHASE TRANSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 77956902847     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/31/315801     Document Type: Article

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