Electrooptical imaging of charge-density wave phase gradients: Polarity and temperature dependence of phase slip

M. E. Itkis, B. M. Emerling, J. W. Brill

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Abstract

We have used electromodulated infrared transmission to study phase slip of the sliding charge-density wave at the current contacts in blue bronze. We have found that phase slip requires a smaller phase gradient at the positive contact than the negative and that the phase slip threshold voltage is approximately independent of temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1959-1960
Number of pages2
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume86
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 1997

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank R.E. Thome of Cornell University for providing crystals of blue bronze. This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Grants #DMR-9300507 and OSR-9452895.

Funding

We thank R.E. Thome of Cornell University for providing crystals of blue bronze. This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Grants #DMR-9300507 and OSR-9452895.

FundersFunder number
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)OSR-9452895, -9300507

    Keywords

    • Electroabsorption
    • Infrared and Raman spectroscopy
    • Metal-insulator phase transitions

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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