Experimental comparison of characteristics of magnetic-field-enhanced InAs and InSb Dember terahertz emitters pumped at 1550nm wavelength

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Lei ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Sun, Songsong ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

nonlinear optics; terahertz

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; INDIUM ARSENIDE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; SATURATION POWER; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ EMITTERS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

III-V SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84859594084     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/4/045204     Document Type: Article

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