Time-domain separation of optical properties from structural transitions in resonantly bonded materials

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 991-995

  Waldecker, Lutz ^a   Miller, Timothy A ^b   Rudé, Miquel ^b   Bertoni, Roman ^a   Osmond, Johann ^b   Pruneri, Valerio ^b,c   Simpson, Robert E ^d   Ernstorfer, Ralph ^a   Wall, Simon ^b  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISPLAY DEVICES; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GERMANIUM; LOGIC DEVICES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BONDED MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; STATE TRANSFORMATION; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; UNIVERSAL MEMORY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84942370326     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4359     Document Type: Article

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