Ultrafast terahertz probes of transient conducting and insulating phases in an electron-hole gas

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6941, 2003, Pages 734-738

  Kaindl, R A ^a   Carnahan, M A ^a   Hagele D ^a,b   Lovenich R ^a   Chemla, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; EXCITONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COULOMB INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRON GAS;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; GAS; LIGHT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038341624     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01676     Document Type: Article

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