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Laser-Induced Phase Transformation of Sb-Te Alloy Films for Optical Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Susumu Fujimori
Affiliation:
NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki-ken, 319–11, Japan
Shogo Yagi
Affiliation:
NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki-ken, 319–11, Japan
Hiroki Yamazaki
Affiliation:
NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki-ken, 319–11, Japan
Nobuhiro Funakoshi
Affiliation:
NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki-ken, 319–11, Japan
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Abstract

Sb-Te alloy films are developed as rewritable optical recording materials based on amorphous-crystalline phase transformations. Sb2 Te3 is shown to be the best practical phase change medium.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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