Characterisation of optical phonons within epitaxial Ge2Sb2Te5/InAs(111) structures
dc.contributor.author | Alsaigh, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Shelford, LR | |
dc.contributor.author | Mohamad, HJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Shalini, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Jarah, UAS | |
dc.contributor.author | Bragaglia, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Giussani, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Calarco, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Srivastava, GP | |
dc.contributor.author | Hicken, RJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-05T12:38:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-04-20 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-05-05T12:33:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Femto-second pump-probe and micro-Raman spectroscopy (RS) measurements have been made to identify optical phonons in Ge2Sb2Te5/InAs(111) and an InAs(111) substrate. A theory of transient stimulated Raman scattering (TSRS) incorporating the Raman tensor predicts which phonon modes may be observed in transient reflectance (R) and anisotropic reflectance (AR) pump-probe measurements, and how their amplitudes depend upon angles φ and θ that describe the orientation of the pump and probe beam electric fields within the sample plane. AR measurements of an InAs(111) substrate revealed the 6.5 THz transverse optical phonon with amplitude proportional to sin(2(θ−φ)), as expected for both TSRS and the specular optical Kerr effect (SOKE), confirming that TSRS and SOKE are equivalent descriptions of the same phenomenon. The AR responses of Ge2Sb2Te5/InAs(111) revealed a single coherent optical phonon (COP) mode at about 3.4 THz with sin(2(θ−φ)) amplitude variation that confirms the -like character of the mode and hence the underlying cubic structure of the epilayer. This mode was also observed in the R measurement for one sample, with amplitude independent of φ and θ as predicted by TSRS theory. Both R and AR signals were heavily damped, which is attributed to dephasing of , and modes that become non-degenerate due to structural distortions. RS measurements revealed three modes for Ge2Sb2Te5/InAs(111) and three modes for InAs(111). Taken together the TSRS and RS measurements provide rich information about optical phonons in the phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5 and the InAs(111) surface. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 114788- | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 351, article 114788 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2022.114788 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/F015046/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129522 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-4788-6211 (Hicken, RJ) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | GST225 | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ultrafast pump-probe | en_GB |
dc.subject | Coherent phonon | en_GB |
dc.title | Characterisation of optical phonons within epitaxial Ge2Sb2Te5/InAs(111) structures | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-05T12:38:42Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-1098 | |
exeter.article-number | 114788 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability; The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Solid State Communications | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Solid State Communications, 351 | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-04-06 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-04-20 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-05-05T12:36:34Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-05-05T12:38:43Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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