The role of atomic vacancies on phonon confinement in α-GeTe

Atomic defects and their dynamics play a vital role in controlling the behavior of non-volatile phase change memory materials used in advanced optical storage devices. Synthesis and structural analysis by XRD and Raman spectroscopy on α-GeTe single crystal with different sizes are reported. The spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Geetanjali Kalra, Sevi Murugavel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-04-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4918696