Ultrafast time-resolved electron diffraction revealing the nonthermal dynamics of near-UV photoexcitation-induced amorphization in Ge2 Sb2 Te 5

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hada, Masaki ^a,b   Oba, Wataru ^c   Kuwahara, Masashi ^d   Katayama, Ikufumi ^c   Saiki, Toshiharu ^e   Takeda, Jun ^c   Nakamura, Kazutaka G ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84940557801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13530     Document Type: Article

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