Fast recovery of ion-irradiation-induced defects in Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films at room temperature

• Main Authors: Hafermann, Martin, Schock, Robin, Wan, Chenghao, Rensberg, Jura, Kats, Mikhail A, Ronning, Carsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 02.09.2021
• Subjects: Physics - Applied Physics; Physics - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks; Physics - Materials Science; Physics - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics; Physics - Optics

Phase-change materials serve a broad field of applications ranging from non-volatile electronic memory to optical data storage by providing reversible, repeatable, and rapid switching between amorphous and crystalline states accompanied by large changes in the electrical and optical properties. Here...