Designing crystallization in phase-change materials for universal memory and neuro-inspired computing

W Zhang, R Mazzarello, M Wuttig, E Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
The global demand for data storage and processing has increased exponentially in recent
decades. To respond to this demand, research efforts have been devoted to the …

Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications

SJ Kim, BJ Kang, U Puc, WT Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic π‐conjugated crystals with second‐order optical nonlinearity are considerably
attractive materials for diverse terahertz (THz) wave photonics. An overview of the research …

Reducing the stochasticity of crystal nucleation to enable subnanosecond memory writing

F Rao, K Ding, Y Zhou, Y Zheng, M **a, S Lv, Z Song… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Operation speed is a key challenge in phase-change random-access memory (PCRAM)
technology, especially for achieving subnanosecond high-speed cache memory …

Dynamic terahertz plasmonics enabled by phase‐change materials

YG Jeong, YM Bahk, DS Kim - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change phenomena have been an attractive research theme for decades due to the
dynamic transition of material properties providing extraordinary capabilities for versatile …

Tuning the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric transition temperature and dipole orientation of group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers

S Barraza-Lopez, TP Kaloni, SP Poudel, P Kumar - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Coordination-related, two-dimensional (2D) structural phase transitions are a fascinating
facet of two-dimensional materials with structural degeneracies. Nevertheless, a unified …

Recent trends in neuromorphic systems for non-von Neumann in materia computing and cognitive functionalities

I Mondal, R Attri, TS Rao, B Yadav… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In the era of artificial intelligence and smart automated systems, the quest for efficient data
processing has driven exploration into neuromorphic systems, aiming to replicate brain …

Threshold switching by bipolar avalanche multiplication in ovonic chalcogenide glasses

P Fantini, N Polino, A Ghetti… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An ovonic threshold switch (OTS) based on chalcogenide glasses finds application as a
selecting device in storage class memory (SCM) arrays. The OTS operation relies on the …

Reconfiguration of magnetic domain structures of ErFeO3 by intense terahertz free electron laser pulses

T Kurihara, K Hirota, H Qiu, KTN Phan, K Kato… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the interaction between intense terahertz (THz) electromagnetic fields and
spin systems has been gaining importance in modern spintronics research as a unique …

Universal memory based on phase-change materials: From phase-change random access memory to optoelectronic hybrid storage

B Liu, T Wei, J Hu, W Li, Y Ling, Q Liu… - Chinese …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The era of information explosion is coming and information need to be continuously stored
and randomly accessed over long-term periods, which constitute an insurmountable …

Tailoring single-cycle near field in a tunnel junction with carrier-envelope phase-controlled terahertz electric fields

K Yoshioka, I Katayama, Y Arashida, A Ban… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light-field-driven processes occurring under conditions far beyond the diffraction limit of the
light can be manipulated by harnessing spatiotemporally tunable near fields. A tailor-made …