Ultrafast optical switching to a metallic state by photoinduced Mott transition in a halogen-bridged nickel-chain compound

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 574011-574014

  Iwai, S ^a,b   Ono, M ^c   Maeda, A ^c   Matsuzaki, H ^c   Kishida, H ^c,d   Okamoto, H ^a,c,e   Tokura, Y ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MOTT TRANSITIONS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0042238357     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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