The gradual nature of threshold switching

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wimmer, M ^a   Salinga, M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous chalcogenides; Electrical excitation; Phase change materials; Threshold switching

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GERMANIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SWITCHING; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDE; ELECTRICAL EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC MEMORY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MEASUREMENT RANGE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD SWITCHING;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84918501139     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113044     Document Type: Article

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