Terahertz emission from lateral photo-Dember currents

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4939-4947

  Klatt, G ^a   Hilser, F ^a   Qiao, W ^a   Beck, M ^a   Gebs, R ^a   Bartels, A ^a   Huska, K ^b   Lemmer, U ^b   Bastian, G ^c   Johnston, M B ^d   Fischer, M ^e   Faist, J ^e   Dekorsy, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOEXCITATION;

CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; FEMTOSECONDS; GAAS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; PHASE COHERENT; PHOTO-DEMBER EFFECT; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE EMITTERS; PULSED OPTICAL EXCITATION; SPATIAL SEPARATION; TERAHERTZ EMISSIONS; THZ EMISSION; THZ EMITTERS; THZ RADIATION; TIME DEPENDENT; ULTRA-FAST;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77749316181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004939     Document Type: Article

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