Abstract
Time-resolved THz spectroscopy is used to probe the photoinduced insulator-metal phase transition of VO2 at low temperatures. A phase diagram of threshold pump fluence versus temperature shows that critical electron and structural transition phonon densities are required for the transition to occur. Evidence for an intermediate, Mott-melted, metallic state is also observed.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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