Unraveling of free-carrier absorption for terahertz radiation in heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Wacker, Andreas ^a   Bastard, Gerald ^b   Carosella, Francesca ^b   Ferreira, Robson ^b   Dupont, Emmanuel ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 82755191621     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.205319     Document Type: Article

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