Generation of tunable far-infrared radiation by the interaction of a superluminous ionizing front with an electrically biased photoconductor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1669-1671

  Hashimshony, D ^a   Zigler, A ^a   Papadopoulos, K ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MICROSEMI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; PLASMAS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ZINC SELENIDE;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 0032607255     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123649     Document Type: Article

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