Materials Design using Correlated Oxides: Optical Properties of Vanadium Dioxide

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2008-07-25

arxiv.org/abs/0807.4044v1

EPL, 86 (2009) 37004

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4+x pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/86/37004

Materials with strong electronic Coulomb interactions play an increasing role in modern materials applications. "Thermochromic" systems, which exhibit thermally induced changes in their optical response, provide a particularly interesting case. The optical switching associated with the metal-insulator transition of vanadium dioxide (VO2), for example, has been proposed for use in "intelligent" windows, which selectively filter radiative heat in hot weather conditions. In this work, we develop the theoretical tools for describing such a behavior. Using a novel scheme for the calculation of the optical conductivity of correlated materials, we obtain quantitative agreement with experiments for both phases of VO2. On the example of an optimized energy-saving window setup, we further demonstrate that theoretical materials design has now come into reach, even for the particularly challenging class of correlated electron systems.

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