Optical studies of ballistic currents in semiconductors [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ruzicka, Brian A ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

BALLISTIC CURRENT; BALLISTIC REGIME; CHARGE CURRENT; GAAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL STUDY; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; REALTIME IMAGING; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPIN CURRENT INJECTION; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN HALL EFFECT; SPIN-POLARIZED CHARGES; TIME-RESOLVED; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PUMP;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 84863163684     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000A43     Document Type: Review

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