Keywords:
Picosecond pulses.
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Semiconductors.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (483 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080540955
Series Statement:
Issn Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=312773
DDC:
537.622
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Ultrafast Physical Processes in Semiconductors -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1. Ultrafast Electron-Phonon Interactions in Semiconductors: Quantum Kinetic Memory Effects -- I. Introduction -- II. General Considerations -- III. Experimental Technique -- IV. Results and Discussion -- V. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Spatially and Temporally Resolved Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy Studies of Semiconductor Quantum Wires -- I. Introduction -- II. Semiconductor Nanostructures -- III. Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy -- IV. Stationary Near-Field Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanostructures -- V. Time-Resolved Near-Field Spectroscopy -- VI. Outlook and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3. Ultrafast Dynamics in Wide Bandgap Wurtzite GaN -- I. Introduction -- II. Raman Spectroscopy in Semiconductors -- III. Samples, Experimental Setup, and Approach -- IV. Phonon Modes in the Wurtzite Structure GaN -- V. Experimental Results -- VI. Conclusions and Future Experiments -- References -- Chapter 4. Ultrafast Dynamics and Phase Changes in Highly Excited GaAs -- I. Introduction -- II. Measuring Ultrafast Phenomena with Light -- III. Dynamics of Electrons and Atoms from Femtoseconds to Microseconds -- IV. Measuring the Time-Resolved Dielectric Function -- V. Time-Resolved Dielectric Function of Highly Excited GaAs -- VI. Carrier and Lattice Dynamics -- VII. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5. Quantum Kinetics for Femtosecond Spectroscopy in Semiconductors -- I. Introduction -- II. Semiconductor Bloch Equations for Pulse Excitation with Quantum Kinetic Scattering Integrals -- III. Low-Excitation Femtosecond Spectroscopy -- IV. Femtosecond DTS for Screened Coulomb and LO-Phonon Quantum Kinetic Scattering.
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V. Resonant FWM with Screened Coulomb and LO-Phonon Quantum Kinetic Scattering -- References -- Chapter 6. Coulomb Correlation Signatures in the Excitonic Optical Nonlinearities of Semiconductors -- I. Introduction -- II. Theoretical Approach and Model -- III. Applications to Pump-Probe Spectroscopy -- IV. Absorption Changes Induced by Incoherent Occupations -- V. Applications to Four-Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy -- VI. Summary -- VII. Outlook -- References -- Chapter 7. Electronic and Structural Response of Materials to Fast, Intense Laser Pulses -- I. Introduction -- II. Tight-Binding Electron-Ion Dynamics -- III. ε (ω ) and χ(2) as Signatures of a Nonthermal Phase Transition -- IV. Detailed Information from Microscopic Simulations -- V. Formula for the Second-Order Susceptibility χ(2) -- VI. Response of Si to Fast, Intense Pulses -- VII. Density Functional Simulation for Si -- VIII. Response of C60 to Ultrafast Pulses of Low, High, and Very High Intensity -- IX. The Simplest System, H2+ -- X. Biological Molecules -- XI. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8. Coherent THz Emission in Semiconductors -- I. Introduction -- II. Principles of Pulsed THz Emission and Detection -- III. Macroscopic Currents and Polarizations -- IV. Coherent Charge Oscillations -- V. THz Emission from Quantum Structures -- VI. Applications in Semiconductor Spectroscopy -- VII. Conclusions -- References -- Index -- Contents of Volumes in This Series.
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