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Photoinduced phase transitions

By K. Nasu

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2004
ISBN
9812387633, 9789812387639, 9789812565723
Open Library ID
OL22146483M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6772650 bytes)
Pages
354\354
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Физика твердого тела;Физика диэлектриков

Description

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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