Generation of terahertz radiation by a moving bunch of nonequilibrium electron-hole plasma

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Truchin, V N ^a   Andrianov, A V ^a   Zinov'ev, N N ^a,b  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55849148048     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155325     Document Type: Article

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