HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING OF FAR-INFRARED RADIATION BY PHOTOIONIZATION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR

被引:72
作者
VOGEL, T [1 ]
DODEL, G [1 ]
HOLZHAUER, E [1 ]
SALZMANN, H [1 ]
THEURER, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV STUTTGART,INST PLASMAFORSCH,W-7000 STUTTGART 80,GERMANY
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 03期
关键词
LASER-BEAM PULSING AND SWITCHING; CHARGE CARRIERS (GENERATION AND RECOMBINATION); REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFLECTIVITY;
D O I
10.1364/AO.31.000329
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An investigation of subnanosecond switching of 119-mu-m radiation achieved by irradiating high-resistivity silicon wafers with 1.7-ns, 337-nm pulses from a nitrogen laser is presented. The experimental results are compared with a one-dimensional numerical multilayer model, which accounts for the generation, recombination, and diffusion of the free carriers and the resulting change of the far-infrared optical properties of the Si wafer.
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页码:329 / 337
页数:9
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