期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 851, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156924
关键词
Ge2Sb2Te5; Phase-change materials; Thin films; Femtosecond laser; Crystallization; Atomic force microscopy
资金
- RFBR [20-03-00379]
- Russian Federation [MK-727.2020.3]
Crystallization of amorphous thin films of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST225) under femtosecond pulses excitation can occur in two ways: formation of fine-grained polycrystalline material at moderate laser fluence levels, and production of larger grains closer to the beam axis at higher fluence levels, leading to inhibition of nucleation due to high cooling velocity. The type of substrate (metallic or oxide) and film thickness also affect the crystallization process due to light penetration depth and reflection from the film-substrate interface.
The nature of crystallization in telluride based phase change memory materials is being actively discussed, and we present new experimental results on the effect of a pulsed laser treatment on the amorphous thin film crystallization of composition Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST225). It is shown that there are two ways of crystalline phase formation under femtosecond pulses excitation. At the moderate value of laser fluence, crystalline fraction forms inside the solid amorphous phase. This process is apparently two-stage, and this leads to formation of fine-grained polycrystalline material. The second way of crystallization proceeds at higher levels of the laser fluence, closer to the beam axis. In this case, larger grains are produced closer to the beam axis, and eventually no new nuclei can be formed due to high cooling velocity leading to inhibition of nucleation. The article also presents the results on the effect of the substrate type (metallic or oxide) and film thickness on crystallization, which is due to the light penetration depth and reflection from the film-substrate interface. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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