Optical pulse-shaping using ultrafast phase transformation in vanadium dioxide Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • A semiconductor-to-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide results in a huge change of optical refractive index. Only a picojoule of the incident laser energy is required for this phase transition to happen, and the time scale of this transformation is very short - semiconductor becomes metal within the first 100-fs. In this report we utilize this phase transformation to dramatically modify the shape of the incident laser pulse.

name of conference

  • Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials IX

published proceedings

  • ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND NANOSTRUCTURE MATERIALS IX

author list (cited authors)

  • Lisewski, J., Heathcote, J., Petrov, G., & Yakovlev, V. V.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Lisewski, J||Heathcote, J||Petrov, G||Yakovlev, VV

editor list (cited editors)

  • Tsen, K., Song, J., & Jiang, H.

publication date

  • April 2005