Ultrafast response of multi-energy proton-bombarded GaAs photoconductors

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 553-571

  Lin, G R ^a   Pan, C L ^b  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carrier lifetime; Electro optic sampling; Photoconductor; Proton bombarded GaAs; THz radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004578720     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007055918110     Document Type: Article

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