Ultrafast transport of electrons in GaAs: Direct observation of quasiballistic motion and side valley transfer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Schwanhausser A ^a   Betz, M ^b   Eckardt, M ^a   Trumm, S ^b   Robledo, L ^a   Malzer, S ^a   Leitenstorfer, A ^b   Dhler G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 19544388564     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085211     Document Type: Article

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