Femtosecond optical-pulse-induced absorption and refractive-index changes in gaas in the midinfrared

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 8890-8896

  Ganikhanov, F ^a   Burr, K C ^a   Hilton, D J ^a   Tang, C L ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0001158568     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.8890     Document Type: Article

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