Real-space imaging of transient carrier dynamics by nanoscale pumpg-probe microscopy

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 869-874

  Terada, Yasuhiko ^a   Yoshida, Shoji ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^a   Shigekawa, Hidemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT NANOPARTICLES; EXCITED CARRIERS; MODULATION METHODS; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM CARRIERS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TUNNELLING CURRENT; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

NANOSCIENCE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78649873080     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.235     Document Type: Article

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