Ultrafast carrier dynamics in germanium nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-210

  Tognini, P ^a   Stella, A ^a   De Silvestri, S ^b   Nisoli, M ^b   Stagira, S ^b   Cheyssac, P ^c   Kofman, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CARRIER DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0032620868     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124321     Document Type: Article

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