Selective detection of tetrahedral units in amorphous GeTe-based phase change alloys using Ge L3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Krbal, M ^a   Kolobov, A V ^a,b   Fons, P ^a,b   Mitrofanov, K V ^a   Tamenori, Y ^b   Hegedus J ^c   Elliott, S R ^d   Tominaga, J ^a  

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

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ABSORPTION EDGES; GE ATOM; LOCAL STRUCTURE; PHASE CHANGE; SELECTIVE DETECTION; STRUCTURAL PROBES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GERMANIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS;

EID: 84875728874     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4794870     Document Type: Article

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