New modes of THz generation by low-temperature-grown GaAsSb

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-165

  Hargreaves, S ^a   Bignell, L J ^a   Lewis, R A ^a   Sigmund, J ^b   Hartnagel, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

72.40.+w; 73.20. r; 78.20. e; Low temperature grown GaAsSb; LT GaAsSb; LT grown GaAsSb; LTG GaAsSb; Terahertz; THz

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOEXCITATION;

72.40.+W; 73.20.-R; 78.20.-E; LOW-TEMPERATURE-GROWN GAASSB; LT-GAASSB; LT-GROWN GAASSB; LTG-GAASSB; TERAHERTZ; THZ;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 58349117684     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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