Disorder enhancement due to structural relaxation in amorphous Ge 2Sb 2Te 5

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Fantini, P ^a   Ferro, M ^a   Calderoni, A ^a   Brazzelli, S ^a  

^a Micron Process RD   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS NETWORKS; AMORPHOUS PHASE; CHALCOGENIDE ALLOY; DRIFT MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; MEDIUM RANGE ORDER; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELLS;

ANTIMONY; GERMANIUM; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 84861832883     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4720182     Document Type: Article

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