Electron velocity overshoot and nonequilibrium phonons in a GaAs-based p-i-n nanostructure studied by transient subpicosecond Raman spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 9838-9846

  Grann, E ^a   Tsen, K ^a   Ferry, D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

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EID: 0000900828     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.9838     Document Type: Article

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