Far-infrared pump-probe measurements of the intersubband lifetime in an AlGaAs/GaAs coupled-quantum well

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3019-3021

  Heyman, J N ^a   Unterrainer, K ^b   Craig, K ^b   Williams, J ^b   Sherwin, M S ^b   Campman, K ^c   Hopkins, P F ^c   Gossard, A C ^c   Murdin, B N ^d   Langerak, C J G M ^d  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

^d FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001092751     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116683     Document Type: Article

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