Amorphization in crystalline tellurium by femtosecond pulses

Crystalline tellurium undergoes amorphization after irradiation with strong femtosecond pulses. Steady-state reflectivity and single-shot transient reflectivity studies suggest the amorphization is due to thermal melting rather than non-thermal switching.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheng, Yu-Hsiang, Teitelbaum, Samuel Welch, Gao, Frank, Nelson, Keith Adam
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123541