Measuring the ultrafast dynamics of Coulomb correlation effects: Dephasing in nonequilibrium Fermi seas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1284-1290

  Mycek, Mary Ann ^a   Bigot, Jean Yves ^a   Perakis, Ilias E ^b   Chemla, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030530942     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001284     Document Type: Article

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