Ultrafast optical pump THz-probe spectroscopy on silicon

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作者
Zielbauer, J [1 ]
Wegener, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV KARLSRUHE,INST ANGEW PHYS,D-76128 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.115933
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We investigate the dynamics of photoexcited carriers in silicon after interband excitation with optical femtosecond pulses by probing intraband transitions with time-delayed THz pulses. The experimental data at various temperatures are compared with numerical, self-consistent solutions of the intraband polarization and Maxwell's equations. In addition, we deduce the carrier scattering rate from the comparison between experiment and theory. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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