Enhanced photosusceptibility near Tc for the light-induced insulator-to-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Hilton, D J ^a,d   Prasankumar, R P ^a   Fourmaux, S ^b   Cavalleri, A ^c   Brassard, D ^b   El Khakani, M A ^b   Kieffer, J C ^b   Taylor, A J ^a   Averitt, R D ^a,e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOEXCITATION; THIN FILMS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

INSULATOR-TO-METAL PHASE TRANSITION; METALLIC VOLUME FRACTION; PHOTOSUSCEPTIBILITY; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 36649001396     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.226401     Document Type: Article

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