Short Range Order Signature in Crystalline and Amorphous GeSbTe Xanes Spectra
ORAL
Abstract
A new implementation of XANES spectra calculations within DFT and PAW potentials is used to compute the XANES spectra of various amorphous and crystalline GeSbTe structures. A clear correlation between the local order, either tetrahedral or distorted octahedral, and the shape of the XANES signal is observed. These calculations provide a new interpretation of past XANES measurements, relating essentially the phase change mechanism to a moderate modification of the local environment of the Ge atoms.
*This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. This work was supported by the Belgian PAI 3/42 program and the FNRS-FRFC.
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