Why DVDs work the way they do: The nanometer-scale mechanism of phase change in Ge-Sb-Te alloys

Keyphrases

• Phase Change 100%
• Nanometer Scale 100%
• Ge2Sb2Te5 100%
• GeTe 100%
• GeSbTe Alloys 100%
• Covalent Bond 66%
• Sodium Chloride 33%
• Short-range Order 33%
• Crystalline Phase 33%
• Drastic Change 33%
• Multimedia 33%
• Mean Square Displacement 33%
• Amorphization 33%
• Reflectivity 33%
• Strained Ge 33%
• Optical Memory 33%
• Order-disorder Transition 33%
• Rock-salt Structure 33%
• Disc Speed 33%

Material Science

• Covalent Bond 100%
• Alloy 100%
• Short-Range Order 50%
• Amorphization 50%
• Reflectivity 50%
• Crystal Structure 50%
• Crystalline Phase 50%