• DocumentCode
    1769919
  • Title

    Femtosecond insulator-metal transition in VO2 induced by intense multi-THz transients

  • Author

    Grupp, A. ; Mayer, Barbara ; Schmidt, Christoph ; Oelmann, J. ; Marvel, R.E. ; Haglund, R.F. ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred ; Pashkin, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A non-thermal insulator-metal transition in VO2 has been driven by a non-resonant excitation at frequencies around 25 THz. A switching time of 80 fs is found, corresponding to approximately two cycles of the driving field.
  • Keywords
    metal-insulator transition; vanadium compounds; VO2; driving field cycle; femtosecond insulator-metal transition; intense multi-THz transients; nonresonant excitation; nonthermal insulator-metal transition; switching time; time 80 fs; Electric fields; Films; Lattices; Optical switches; Oscillators; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988611
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1769919