Large Strain-Induced Conductivity Anisotropy in VO2 Thin Films Probed by THz Spectroscopy

Authors :: Wenjing Yin
Stuart A. Wolf
Kevin G. West
Salinporn Kittiwatanakul
Richard D. Averitt
Jiwei Lu
Mengkun Liu
Elsa Abreu
Source :: CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications.
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: OSA, 2011.
Abstract: We probe the temperature dependent far-infrared conductivity of highly strained (100)VO 2 thin films using THz TDS. A large in-plane anisotropy is observed in both the metallic conductivity and the metal-insulator transition temperature.

Subjects :: Materials science
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Condensed matter physics
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Transition temperature
Physics::Optics
Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons
Conductivity
Thin film
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Anisotropy
Spectroscopy
Terahertz spectroscopy and technology

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