Coherent spectroscopy of semiconductors

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4639-4664

  Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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COHERENT OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH;

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INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

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DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004639     Document Type: Article

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