Femtosecond laser excitation dynamics of the semiconductor-metal phase transition in VO2

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2404-2408

  Becker, Michael F ^a   Buckman, A Bruce ^a   Walser, Rodger M ^a   Lépine, Thierry ^b   Georges, Patrick ^b   Brun, Alain ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLASMAS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

COLLISION FREQUENCY; ELECTRON DENSITY; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; LASER EXCITATION; VANADIA;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0030105209     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361167     Document Type: Article

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