Active hyperbolic metamaterials: progress, materials and design

L Lu, RE Simpson, SK Valiyaveedu - Journal of Optics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) are a special class of metamaterials that exhibit a
hyperbolic dispersion relation. Hyperbolic dispersion is rarely observed in natural materials …

Structural transition and enhanced phase transition properties of Se doped Ge2Sb2Te5 alloys

EM Vinod, K Ramesh, KS Sangunni - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) alloy, upon heating crystallize to a metastable NaCl
structure around 150° C and then to a stable hexagonal structure at high temperatures (≥ …

Inter-diffusion of plasmonic metals and phase change materials

L Lu, W Dong, JK Behera, L Chew… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - Springer
This work investigates the diffusion of metal atoms into phase change chalcogenides, which
is problematic because it can destroy resonances in photonic devices. Interfaces between …

Structural changes in doped Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films studied by Raman spectroscopy

S Kozyukhin, M Veres, HP Nguyen, A Ingram… - Physics Procedia, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST225) amorphous thin films doped with Bi, Sn
and In, using Raman scattering spectroscopy, to obtain information about structural changes …

Direct hexagonal transition of amorphous (Ge2Sb2Te5) 0.9 Se0. 1 thin films

EM Vinod, K Ramesh, R Ganesan… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 (GST) is well known for its phase change properties and applications in
memory and data storage. Efforts are being made to improve its thermal stability and …

Spectroscopic study of nitrogen incorporation in Ge, Sb, and Te elemental systems: A step toward the understanding of nitrogen effect in phase-change materials

L Prazakova, E Nolot, E Martinez, D Rouchon… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Nitrogen doping in chalcogenide materials represents a promising way for the improvement
of material properties. Indeed, N doping in GeSbTe phase-change alloys have …

Fabrication of Ge2Sb2Te5 crystal micro/nanostructures through single-shot Gaussian-shape femtosecond laser pulse irradiation

W Han, K Zhao, C Pan, Y Yuan, Y Zhao, Z Cheng… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Femtosecond (fs) laser–thin film interaction is one of the most practical methods for
fabricating functional nanostructures. However, the details of the interaction mechanism …

Microstructure and crystallization kinetics of Ge2Sb2Te5–Sn phase change materials

Q Yin, L Chen - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, the effects of Sn doping on the microstructure and electrical properties of
amorphous and crystalline Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 thin films are reported. The thin films bonding …

Chemical states and optical properties of thermally evaporated Ge–Te and Ge–Sb–Te amorphous thin films

S Kumar, D Singh, S Shandhu, R Thangaraj - Applied surface science, 2012 - Elsevier
Thin amorphous films of Ge22Sb22Te56 and Ge50Te50 have been prepared from their
respective polycrystalline bulk on glass substrates by thermal evaporation technique. The …

[PDF][PDF] Crystallization mechanism and kinetic parameters in Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films for the phase change memory application

A Sherchenkov, S Kozyukhin, A Babich… - Chalcogenide …, 2018 - chalcogen.ro
Currently active investigations of phase change memory (PCM) are carried out. PCM is
considered to be one of the most promising candidates for the next generation of memories …