Heterogeneous nucleation and growth dynamics in the light-induced phase transition in vanadium dioxide

Brady, Nathaniel F.; Appavoo, Kannatassen; Seo, Minah; Nag, Joyeeta; Prasankumar, Rohit P.; Haglund, Richard F.; Hilton, David J.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/12/125603

Title: Heterogeneous nucleation and growth dynamics in the light-induced phase transition in vanadium dioxide

Journal Article · Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/12/125603· OSTI ID:1259959

Brady, Nathaniel F. ^[1]; Appavoo, Kannatassen ^[2]; Seo, Minah ^[3]; Nag, Joyeeta ^[2]; Prasankumar, Rohit P. ^[4]; Haglund, Richard F. ^[2]; Hilton, David J. ^[1]

Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (United States)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul (Republic of Korea); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Here we report on ultrafast optical investigations of the light-induced insulator-to-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide with controlled disorder generated by substrate mismatch. These results reveal common dynamics of this optically-induced phase transition that are independent of this disorder. Lastly, above the fluence threshold for completing the transition to the rutile crystalline phase, we find a common time scale, independent of sample morphology, of 40.5 ± 2 ps that is consistent with nucleation and growth dynamics of the R phase from the parent M1 ground state.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: ECS-0801985; P200A090143; AC52-06NA25396; FG02-01ER4591

OSTI ID:: 1259959

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1240027

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-20958

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 28, Issue 12; ISSN 0953-8984

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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