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| author | Pendry, J. B. |
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| contents | Experiments on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) have revealed that a relatively broad 200THz pump pulse, roughly 30 cycles in width, can switch ITO from a transparent to a reflecting state within one or two optical cycles, a few Femtoseconds. So far the rapid switching has remained unexplained by theory. Here a very simple bare bones theory explains the key experimental features in terms of an avalanche model suggested by avalanche diodes. |
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| spellingShingle | An avalanche model for femtosecond optical response Pendry, J. B. Optics Experiments on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) have revealed that a relatively broad 200THz pump pulse, roughly 30 cycles in width, can switch ITO from a transparent to a reflecting state within one or two optical cycles, a few Femtoseconds. So far the rapid switching has remained unexplained by theory. Here a very simple bare bones theory explains the key experimental features in terms of an avalanche model suggested by avalanche diodes. |
| title | An avalanche model for femtosecond optical response |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08391 |