Abstract
Photo-induced insulator-metal transition in VO and the related transient and multi-timescale structural dynamics upon photoexcitation are explained within a unified framework. Holes created by photoexcitation weaken the V-V bonds and eventually break V-V dimers in the M phase of VO when the laser fluence reaches a critical value. The breaking of the V-V bonds in turn leads to an immediate electronic phase transition from an insulating to a metallic state while the crystal lattice remains monoclinic in shape. The coupling between excited electrons and the 6.0 THz phonon mode is found to be responsible for the observed zig-zag motion of V atoms upon photoexcitation and is consistent with coherent phonon experiments.
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