Photoinduced indirect transitions and ultrafast direct current generation in unbiased superlattices

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 356, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 255-261

  Moskalenko, A S ^a   Matos Abiague, A ^a   Berakdar, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Half cycle pulses; Photocurrent; Superlattices; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCURRENTS; SUPERLATTICES;

DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; HALF CYCLE PULSE; INDIRECT TRANSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; OSCILLATING BEHAVIOR; PULSE STRENGTH; ULTRA-FAST;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 33745406874     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.03.061     Document Type: Article

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