GeSb thin films: read-write optical data storage on the subnanosecond time scale.

Presentation Date: 

Thursday, January 11, 2001

Location: 

Ultrafast Electronics and Optoelectronics 2001, Optical Society of America (Lake Tahoe, NV)

Presentation Slides: 

The transition from the low reflectivity amorphous to the highly reflective crystalline phase of a-GeSb films is studied with fs time resolution. The results reveal an ultrafast transition to a new non-thermodynamic phase which is not c-GeSb as previously believed.