Probing semiconductor carrier kinetics with ultrafast nonlinear Faraday rotation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 1998, Pages R13399-R13402

  Kenrow, J ^a   El Sayed, K ^a   Stanton, C ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0005254476     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.R13399     Document Type: Article

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