Spatially resolved ultrafast transport current in GaAs photoswitches

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Prechtel, L ^a   Manus, S ^b   Schuh, D ^c   Wegscheider, W ^d   Holleitner, A W ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR STRIPLINES; DISPLACEMENT CURRENTS; ELECTRON HOLE PLASMA; GAAS; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOSWITCHES; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TIME AND SPACE; TIME OF FLIGHT ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT CURRENTS; ULTRA-FAST;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 77954345606     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3458819     Document Type: Article

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