Mixed regime of light-matter interaction revealed by phase sensitive measurements of the dynamical franz-keldysh effect

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Novelli, Fabio ^a   Fausti, Daniele ^a,b   Giusti, Francesca ^a   Parmigiani, Fulvio ^a,b   Hoffmann, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84873643160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01227     Document Type: Article

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