Thermoelectronic-wave coupling in laser photothermal theory of semiconductors at elevated temperatures

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Mandelis, Andreas ^a,b   Nestoros, Marios ^a   Christofides, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High temperatures; Laser photoexcitation; Photoacoustic and photothermal science and engineering; Semiconductors; Thermoelectronic wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013424047     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601217     Document Type: Article

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