• DocumentCode
    732904
  • Title

    Dynamical driving and probing of quantum phase transitions on the nanoscale

  • Author

    Donges, Sven A. ; O´Callahan, Brian T. ; Atkin, Joanna M. ; Khatib, Omar ; Raschke, Markus B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We extended the characterization of photoinduced quantum phase transitions into the nanoscale. We demonstrate this for VO2 by accessing spatial inhomogeneities in the insulator-to-metal transition due to local strain and defects.
  • Keywords
    metal-insulator transition; quantum optics; vanadium compounds; VO2; defects; insulator-to-metal transition; local strain; photoinduced quantum phase transition characterization; spatial inhomogeneities; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183341
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732904