• DocumentCode
    3726128
  • Title

    Insulator-to-semimetal transition of calcium fluoride induced by optical field

  • Author

    Ojoon Kwon;D. Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics &
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We studied response of calcium fluoride single crystal against intense optical field. It undergoes transition into semimetal, ensured by detecting optical-field-induced current. The transient conductivity jumps by 16 orders of magnitude within sub-femtosecond time scale.
  • Keywords
    "Ultrafast optics","Optical pulses","Delay effects","Ultrafast electronics","Optical fiber amplifiers","Tunneling","Optical amplifiers"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376121
  • Filename
    7376121