Photoinduced phase transition in VO2 nanocrystals: Ultrafast control of surface-plasmon resonance

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 558-560

  Rini, Matteo ^a   Cavalleri, Andrea ^a   Schoenlein, Robert W ^a   López, René ^b   Feldman, Leonard C ^b   Haglund Jr , Richard F ^b   Boatner, Lynn A ^c   Haynes, Tony E ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUENCE; METALLIC PHASE; MIE SCATTERING THEORY; NANOCRYSTALS;

ANNEALING; ASPECT RATIO; FIBER OPTICS; ION IMPLANTATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OXIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 14844330666     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.000558     Document Type: Article

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