Title : 
Terahertz apertureless near-field microscopy of a vanadium dioxide thin film
         
        
            Author : 
Zhan, Hui ; Hvasta, Michael ; Astley, Victoria ; Deibel, Jason A. ; Mittleman, Daniel M. ; Lim, Y.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Rice Univ., Houston
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We report the application of terahertz apertureless near-field microscopy to vanadium dioxide thin films. We observe an enhancement of the terahertz amplitude due to the metal-insulator transition induced by an applied voltage.
         
        
            Keywords : 
metal-insulator transition; near-field scanning optical microscopy; thin films; vanadium compounds; VO2; metal-insulator transition; terahertz amplitude; terahertz apertureless near-field microscopy; vanadium dioxide thin film; Frequency; Metal-insulator structures; Microscopy; Optical films; Optical scattering; Semiconductivity; Temperature; Transistors; Ultrafast optics; Voltage;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-834-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453028