Insulator-to-metal phase transformation of VO2 films upon femtosecond laser excitation

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1866-1872

  Lysenko, S ^a   Vikhnin, V ^a,b   Zhang, G ^a   Rua, A ^a   Fernandez, F ^a   Liu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Metal insulator transition; Transient optical properties; Ultrafast optics; Vanadium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION; POLARON EXCITATION; TRANSIENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 33750167573     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-006-0169-y     Document Type: Article

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