Nonlinear free-carrier velocity induced by intense Terahertz pulse in photoexcited semiconductor materials
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The transient absorption bleaching and velocity overshoot of photoexcited carriers in GaAs and Si have been observed by the intense few-circle terahertz (THz) probe pulse in the optical pump-terahertz probe (OPTP) configuration. The free-carrier THz nonlinearity is attributed to the transient electron redistribution in conduction band induced by the strong THz electric field component.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011