Self-phase modulation of a single-cycle terahertz pulse by nonlinear free-carrier response in a semiconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Turchinovich, Dmitry ^a,b   Hvam, Jørn M ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias C ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84861821130     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.201304     Document Type: Article

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