Time-resolved formation of excitons and electron-hole droplets in Si studied using terahertz spectroscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Shimano, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; ELECTRON HOLE; ELECTRON-HOLE DROPLETS; FORMATION DYNAMICS; H DENSITY; INDIRECT EXCITONS; MOTT DENSITY; MOTT TRANSITIONS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-RESOLVED;

CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; PLASMONS; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EXCITONS;

EID: 68849121382     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.057401     Document Type: Article

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