Ultrafast carrier-relaxation dynamics in self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1480-1484

  Yarotski, Dzmitry A ^a   Averitt, Richard D ^a   Negre, Nicolas ^a   Crooker, Scott A ^a   Taylor, Antoinette J ^a   Donati, Giovanni P ^b   Stintz, Andreas ^b   Lester, Luke F ^b   Malloy, Kevin J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0037579408     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001480     Document Type: Article

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