Carrier dynamics of terahertz emission from low-temperature-grown GaAs

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3678-3683

  Liu, Dongfeng ^a   Qin, Jiayin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; NUCLEATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

CARRIER DYNAMICS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0038041428     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003678     Document Type: Article

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