• DocumentCode
    2670701
  • Title

    Large strain-induced conductivity anisotropy in VO2 thin films, probed by THz spectroscopy

  • Author

    Liu, Mengkun ; Abreu, Elsa ; Lu, Jiwei ; West, Kevin G. ; Kittiwatanakul, Salinport ; Yin, Wenjing ; Wolf, Stuart ; Averitt, Richard D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We probe the temperature dependent far-infrared conductivity of highly strained (100) and (110) VO2 thin films using THz Time Domain Spectroscopy. Large in-plane anisotropy is observed in both the metallic conductivity and the metal-insulator transition temperature.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; metal-insulator transition; optical conductivity; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave spectra; thin films; time-domain analysis; vanadium compounds; THz time domain spectroscopy; VO2; VO2 thin film; in-plane anisotropy; large strain-induced conductivity anisotropy; metal-insulator transition temperature; metallic conductivity; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Conductivity; Crystals; Doping; Films; Spectroscopy; Strain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104810
  • Filename
    6104810