Recrystallization of an amorphized epitaxial phase-change alloy: A phoenix arising from the ashes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rodenbach, P ^a   Giussani, A ^a   Perumal, K ^a   Hanke, M ^a   Dubslaff, M ^a   Riechert, H ^a   Calarco, R ^a   Burghammer, M ^b   Kolobov, A V ^c   Fons, P ^c  

^a PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STATE; AS-GROWN; CUBIC PHASE; HIGH RESOLUTION X RAY DIFFRACTION; NANO-FOCUS; NANO-METER SCALE; PHASE CHANGES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SI (1 1 1); SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SPATIAL HOMOGENEITY; X RAY BEAM;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 84865130660     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742919     Document Type: Article

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