On the photoinduced phase transition from the amorphous to crystalline phase in (GeTe) n (Sb2Te3) m

Sergei M. Yakubenya () and Andrey S. Mishchenko
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Sergei M. Yakubenya: NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
Andrey S. Mishchenko: NRC “Kurchatov Institute”

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2017, vol. 90, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Abstract We suggest a phenomenological description of the photo-conversion in Ge-Sb-Te phase-change memory alloys from amorphous to crystalline tetrahedral phase. Suggested mechanism explains why both photo-excitation and high enough temperatures T > 160 °C are required for the transition from the amorphous to metastable crystalline phase. High energy position of chemical potential at elevated temperatures facilitates light induced creation of stable nucleons of the crystalline phase which are unstable at lower T. Then, light driven population of nucleons leads to accumulation of holes on neighboring Te and Ge ions and locks the photo-conversion transition by pushing Ge ions into the interstitial position to minimize the Coulomb repulsion energy.

Keywords: Solid; State; and; Materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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