Photoinduced Phase Transitions
K. Nasu
A new class of insulating solids was recently discovered. When irradiated by a few visible photons, these solids give rise to a macroscopic excited domain that has new structural and electronic orders quite different from the starting ground state. This occurrence is called "photoinduced phase transition", and this multi-authored book reviews recent theoretical and experimental studies of this new phenomenon.
Why and how do photoexcited few electrons finally result in an excited domain with a macroscopic size? How is the resultant photoinduced phase different from the ordinary thermal-induced phase? This review volume answers those essential questions.
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Année:
2004
Editeur::
World Scientific
Langue:
english
Pages:
354
ISBN 10:
9812387633
ISBN 13:
9789812387639
Fichier:
PDF, 7.25 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004