Studying the Ultrafast Dynamics of the Insulator-Metal Transition in Single Crystal VO2
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The focus of my research project this summer was towards the investigation of the insulatormetal transition dynamics of vanadium dioxide. A summary of the currently known, as well as debated, properties of the material is given here. Also given are the various experimental details involved in the measurements. We used femtosecond pulses in pump-probe experimentation to achieve time-resolved reflectivity measurements of single crystallite VO2 . Preliminary results are presented and the eventual undertakings of the experiment are discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011