Universal dynamics during and after ultrafast laser-induced semiconductor-to-metal transitions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Callan, J P ^a   Kim, A M T ^a   Roeser, C A D ^a   Mazur, E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GERMANIUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FILM; LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 4244193324     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.073201     Document Type: Article

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