Inverse Bloch Oscillator: Strong Terahertz-Photocurrent Resonances at the Bloch Frequency
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.76.2973