Title :
Insulator-to-semimetal transition of calcium fluoride induced by optical field
Author :
Ojoon Kwon;D. Kim
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics &
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"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376121
