Photoinduced Phase Transitions
Author | : K. Nasu |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 9812565728 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789812565723 |
Rating | : 4/5 (723 Downloads) |
Download or read book Photoinduced Phase Transitions written by K. Nasu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new class of insulating solids was recently discovered. Whenirradiated by a few visible photons, these solids give rise to amacroscopic excited domain that has new structural and electronicorders quite different from the starting ground state. This occurrenceis called photoinduced phase transition, and this multi-authoredbook reviews recent theoretical and experimental studies of this newphenomenon.