発表者名 |
白鳥 惇也 |
指導教員名 |
石坂 香子 教授 |
発表題目(英語) |
Observation of Nucleation and Growth in Photoinduced Phase Transition of VO₂ |
要旨(英語) |
Vanadium dioxide (VO₂) is one of the prototypical correlated-electron materials, exhibiting a phase transition between a Mott-Peierls insulating phase and a metallic phase. This transition can be induced thermally at around 340 K, as well as optically. The photoinduced phase transition, which involves dramatic sub-picosecond changes in resistivity, transmittance, and crystal structure, has been extensively studied using various ultrafast spectroscopy techniques. Recently, it has been suggested that this ultrafast transition proceeds via a nucleation and growth process. However, direct observation of this process has been challenging due to the need for nanometer–picosecond-scale resolution for tracking the phase transition.
In this presentation, we report the direct observation of the nucleation and growth process in VO₂ using ultrafast time-resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy (5D-STEM), which provides time- and spatially-resolved electron diffraction patterns on nanometer–picosecond scales. In this presentation, I will first introduce the photoexcited dynamics of VO₂ and the principles of the 5D-STEM technique. Then, I will present our findings on the nucleation and growth process observed in VO₂. |
発表言語 |
日本語 |