Terahertz spectroscopy of Ni-Ti alloy thin films

Using THz spectroscopy, we obtained the resistivity of Ni-Ti alloy thin-films as a function of Ti concentration. The resistivity sharply increases near the phase transition boundaries, Ti concentrations of 22%, 44% and 62%.

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