Terahertz response of GaN thin films

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4898-4907

  Tsai, Tsong Ru ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^a   Chang, Chih Fu ^a   Hsu, Sheng Hsien ^a   Lin, Tai Yuan ^a   Chi, Cheng Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPY;

EXTINCTION CONSTANTS; RELAXATION TIME; TIME DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33744525234     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004898     Document Type: Article

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