Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy of Free Carrier Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductors

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-592

  Sharma, G ^a   Razzari, L ^a,b   Blanchard, F ^a,d   Bandulet, H C ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   Morandotti, R ^a   Su, F H ^c   Ayesheshim, A ^c   Cocker, T L ^c   Titova, L V ^c   Hegmann, F A ^c   Reid, M ^e  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intervalley scattering; semiconductors; terahertz pulses; time resolved terahertz spectroscopy; ultrafast nonlinear optics; z scan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008028710     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2050873     Document Type: Article

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