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    From a Fundamental Understanding of Phase Change Materials to Optimization Rules for Nonvolatile Optical and Electronic Storage

    Phase change materials are commercially used in rewritable optical storage and investigated as non-volatile electronic storage. A short laser or current pulse of high intensity melts a sub-micron sized spot of...

    C. Steimer, Henning Dieker, Wojciech Welnic in Advances in Solid State Physics (2008)

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    Phase change materials: From material science to novel storage devices

    In recent years, non-volatile solid state memories have in many applications replaced magnetic hard disk drives. While the most popular and successful non-volatile memory is the “FLASH” random access memory, s...

    M. Wuttig, C. Steimer in Applied Physics A (2007)

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    Assessment of Se based phase change alloy as a candidate for non-volatile electronic memory applications

    The structural, electrical and optical properties of the phase change alloy AgSbSe2 were investigated and compared with its Te-based counterpart AgSbTe2. A huge electrical resistance change of more than four orde...

    K. Wang, C. Steimer, R. Detemple, D. Wamwangi, M. Wuttig in Applied Physics A (2005)

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    Effect of indium do** on Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films for phase-change optical storage

    The influence of In do** on the crystallization kinetics of Ge2Sb2Te5 has been investigated using four-point-probe electrical resistance measurements, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray reflecto...

    K. Wang, C. Steimer, D. Wamwangi, S. Ziegler, M. Wuttig in Applied Physics A (2005)