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Publication
Applied Physics Letters
Paper
Silicide films for archival optical storage
Abstract
We demonstrate here that bilayer films consisting of Si and transition metals with a layer thickness of 15-40 nm are promising materials for archival optical storage. They show a large optical reflectivity change before and after silicide formation, have a long lifetime at room temperature, and are nontoxic.