Ultrafast Sonogram (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

Ultrafast Sonogram

Caption

A femtosecond pulse of infrared laser light "pumps" the atomic lattice in vanadium dioxide, inducing a phase transition.

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Courtesy of Fritz Haber Institute

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