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
         
        
        
        
        
        
            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;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Houston, TX
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0510-6
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
2162-2027
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104810