Photoconductive response correction for detectors of terahertz radiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Castro Camus, E ^a   Fu, L ^b   Lloyd Hughes, J ^a   Tan, H H ^b   Jagadish, C ^b   Johnston, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; DUAL-ENERGY; FUNCTION OF TIME; LASER OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL-PUMP TERAHERTZ-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DETECTORS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE RESPONSES; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPECTRAL RESPONSES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TIME-RESOLVED;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 51849149427     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969035     Document Type: Article

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