Title :
Structural bottleneck in the photo-induced insulator to-metal transition in VO/sub 2/
Author :
Cavalleri, A. ; Chong, H.H.W. ; Schoenlein, R.W. ; Kieffer, J.C. ; Dekorsy, Th.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Nat. Berkeley Lab., CA
Abstract :
The photo-induced insulator-to-metal transition in VO2, is measured with 15-fs, muJ pulses. Our measurements allow for the separation of structural and electronic effects in this heavily debated compound
Keywords :
Raman spectra; high-speed optical techniques; metal-insulator transition; phonon spectra; reflectivity; vanadium compounds; 15 fs; Raman spectrum; VO2; coherent phonon spectrum; electronic effects; insulator-to-metal transition; photoinduced transition; pump-probe reflectivity measurement; structural bottleneck; structural effects; time-resolved spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4