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Optical Switching in Thin Film NdNiO3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

J. F. DeNatale  and
P. H. Kobrin
J. F. DeNatale
Affiliation:
Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
P. H. Kobrin
Affiliation:
Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
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Abstract

Crystalline thin films of NdNiO3 are known to exhibit characteristic metal-insulator electrical transitions. Infrared transmission measurements of these films have demonstrated the corresponding reversible optical switching response, transforming between IR-transparent and IR-opaque states. Their low-temperature transmission spectra exhibit a sharp increase in transmittance at an onset wavelength of approximately 3 mm (˜0.4eV), with an appearance suggesting formation of a distinct band gap structure. The transmission and reflection characteristics of these films differ significantly from those reported for bulk polycrystalline material.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 479: Symposium S – Materials for Optical Limiting II , 1997 , 145
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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