Laser-induced crystallization in amorphous films of Sb2C3 (C = S, Se, Te), potential optical storage media

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Arun, P [1 ]
Vedeshwar, AG
Mehra, NC
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[1] Univ Delhi, Dept Phys & Astrophys, Delhi 110007, India
[2] Univ Delhi, Sci & Instrumentat Ctr, Delhi 110007, India
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10.1088/0022-3727/32/3/001
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The amorphous-to-crystalline phase change induced by a continuous-wave Ar+ laser was investigated systematically in the case of as-grown amorphous films of Sb2S3, Sb2Se3 and Sb2Te3 and results were compared. The photo-thermal process is found to be responsible for the phase change in all three compounds. The minimum threshold laser power required to induce optical contrast at an irradiated site was found to depend on the film thickness: however, the required power density was found to be of the order of 100 W cm(-2) for all three films. All three films exhibited good potential for use as the WORM kind of storage devices, Sb2Se3 films having the minimum threshold power. Sb2Se3 and Sb2Te3 films in the non-stoichiometric phase exhibited potential for reversible storage.
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