Generation and detection of terahertz coherent transverse-polarized acoustic phonons by ultrafast optical excitation of GaAsAlAs superlattices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Kini, R N ^a   Kent, A J ^a   Stanton, N M ^a   Henini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; BOLOMETERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUPERLATTICES;

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; CRYSTAL PLANES; GAASALAS SUPERLATTICES; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUES;

PHONONS;

EID: 33645503268     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2191877     Document Type: Article

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