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@ARTICLE{Chen:867947,
author = {Chen, C. and Jost, P. and Volker, H. and Kaminski, M. and
Wirtssohn, M. and Engelmann, U. and Krüger, K. and Schlich,
F. and Schlockermann, C. and Lobo, R. P. S. M. and Wuttig,
M.},
title = {{D}ielectric properties of amorphous phase-change
materials},
journal = {Physical review / B},
volume = {95},
number = {9},
issn = {2469-9950},
address = {Woodbury, NY},
publisher = {Inst.},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-06540},
pages = {094111},
year = {2017},
abstract = {The dielectric function of several amorphous phase-change
materials has been determined by employing a combination of
impedance spectroscopy (9 kHz–3 GHz) and optical
spectroscopy from the far- (20cm−1, 0.6 THz) to the near-
(12000cm−1, 360 THz) infrared, i.e., from the DC limit to
the first interband transition. While phase-change materials
undergo a change from covalent bonding to resonant bonding
on crystallization, the amorphous and crystalline phases of
ordinary chalcogenide semiconductors are both governed by
virtually the same covalent bonds. Here, we study the
dielectric properties of amorphous phase-change materials on
the pseudobinary line between GeTe and Sb2Te3. These data
provide important insights into the charge transport and the
nature of bonding in amorphous phase-change materials. No
frequency dependence of permittivity and conductivity is
discernible in the impedance spectroscopy measurements.
Consequently, there are no dielectric relaxations. The
frequency-independent conductivity is in line with charge
transport via extended states. The static dielectric
constant significantly exceeds the optical dielectric
constant. This observation is corroborated by transmittance
measurements in the far infrared, which show optical
phonons. From the intensity of these phonon modes, a large
Born effective charge is derived. Nevertheless, it is known
that crystalline phase-change materials such as GeTe possess
even significantly larger Born effective charges.
Crystallization is hence accompanied by a huge increase in
the Born effective charge, which reveals a significant
change of bonding upon crystallization. In addition, a clear
stoichiometry trend in the static dielectric constant along
the pseudobinary line between GeTe and Sb2Te3 has been
identified.},
cin = {PGI-10},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-10-20170113},
pnm = {521 - Controlling Electron Charge-Based Phenomena
(POF3-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-521},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000396271400002},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.95.094111},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/867947},
}