Nanosecond-scale time-resolved electron imaging during laser crystallization of GeTe

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1907-1913

  Santala, Melissa K ^a   Reed, Bryan W ^a   Raoux, Simone ^b   Topuria, Teya ^c   Lagrange, Thomas ^a   Campbell, Geoffrey H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GeTe; In situ TEM; Phase change materials; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELTING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

AMORPHOUS PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; GETE; IN-SITU TEM; LASER CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC DATA;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84867193249     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201200418     Document Type: Article

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