Origin of the giant optical nonlinearity of Sb2 Te3 phase change materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Jing ^a   Liu, Shuang ^a   Wei, Jingsong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND FILLING EFFECTS; BAND GAPS; ELLIPSOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FREE CARRIERS; GIANT OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; LASER IRRADIATIONS; NON-LINEAR REFRACTION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; REFRACTION COEFFICIENT; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS;

ABSORPTION; BUOYANCY; IRRADIATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 78650871931     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3530428     Document Type: Article

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