Structural study on amorphous and crystalline state of phase change material

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Upadhyay, M ^a   Murugavel, S ^a   Anbarasu, M ^b   Ravindran, T R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BULK CRYSTALLINE; CRYSTALLINE STATE; GE ATOM; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; LOCAL ATOMIC STRUCTURES; LOCAL STRUCTURE; LOCALIZED LEVELS; OCTAHEDRAL ENVIRONMENT; OCTAHEDRAL SITES; PHASE CHANGES; RAMAN MODES; RAMAN SPECTRUM; RANDOM DEFECTS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TOPOLOGICAL DISORDER; TWO-STATE;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; DEFECTS; GERMANIUM; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 80655132127     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3653265     Document Type: Article

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