Ultrafast two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy of elementary excitations in solids

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Woerner, Michael ^a   Kuehn, Wilhelm ^a   Bowlan, Pamela ^a   Reimann, Klaus ^a   Elsaesser, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D CORRELATION SPECTRUM; COLLINEAR GEOMETRY; DOUBLE-QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS; ELEMENTARY EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL PHONONS; PHASE-RESOLVED; THZ FIELDS; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAPHENE; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84874526954     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/2/025039     Document Type: Article

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