Terahertz emission from ultrafast optical orientation of spins in semiconductors: Experiment and theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Nastos, F ^a   Newson, R W ^a   Hubner J ^a,b   Van Driel, H M ^a   Sipe, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 43449138811     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.195202     Document Type: Article

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