Monoclinic and Correlated Metal Phase in VO2 as Evidence of the Mott Transition: Coherent Phonon Analysis

Hyun-Tak Kim, Yong Wook Lee, Bong-Jun Kim, Byung-Gyu Chae, Sun Jin Yun, Kwang-Yong Kang, Kang-Jeon Han, Ki-Ju Yee, and Yong-Sik Lim
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 266401 – Published 26 December 2006

Abstract

In femtosecond pump-probe measurements, the appearance of coherent phonon oscillations at 4.5 and 6.0 THz indicating the rutile metal phase of VO2 does not occur simultaneously with the first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) near 68°C. The monoclinic and correlated metal (MCM) phase between the MIT and the structural phase transition (SPT) is generated by a photoassisted hole excitation, which is evidence of the Mott transition. The SPT between the MCM phase and the rutile metal phase occurs due to subsequent Joule heating. The MCM phase can be regarded as an intermediate nonequilibrium state.

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  • Received 23 July 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.266401

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Hyun-Tak Kim1,*, Yong Wook Lee1, Bong-Jun Kim1, Byung-Gyu Chae1, Sun Jin Yun1, Kwang-Yong Kang1, Kang-Jeon Han2, Ki-Ju Yee2, and Yong-Sik Lim3

  • 1IT Convergence and Components Research Laboratory, ETRI, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Applied Physics, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea

  • *Electronic address: htkim@etri.re.kr

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Vol. 97, Iss. 26 — 31 December 2006

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