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Pressure-induced amorphization of quasibinary GeTe- Sb2 Te3: The role of vacancies

Applied Physics Letters, ISSN: 0003-6951, Vol: 91, Issue: 2
2007
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The authors demonstrate that the cubic phase of quasibinary GeTe- Sb2 Te3 alloys (GST), the material of choice in phase-change optical recording (such as digital versatile disk-random access memory) can be rendered amorphous by the application of hydrostatic pressure. The amorphization pressure depends on the GST composition. The pressure-induced amorphous phase possesses a local structure around Ge atoms similar to that of laser-amorphized GST. They argue that vacancies are crucial for the pressure-induced amorphization. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.

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A. V. Kolobov; J. Haines; A. Pradel; M. Ribes; P. Fons; J. Tominaga; C. Steimer; G. Aquilanti; S. Pascarelli

Physics and Astronomy

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