Direct observation of Landau damping in a solid state plasma
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We use ultrafast THz spectroscopy to study Landau damping in a coherent plasma system. A series of InSb-based bulk heterostructures provide increasing spatial confinement that restricts the scattering wave vector in the electron-electron interaction. This results in a dramatic reduction of the plasma contribution to the radiation signal. The experimental results are explained by model calculations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007