DocumentCode
2080317
Title
Coherent optical phonons with very large quality factors: the E/sub 2/-low mode in ZnO
Author
Aku-Leh, C. ; Zhao, Jimin ; Merlin, R. ; Menendez, J.
Author_Institution
Harrison M. Randall Lab., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
fYear
2004
fDate
21-21 May 2004
Firstpage
125
Lastpage
127
Abstract
Pump-probe experiments reveal that the lifetime of the low-energy E2 phonon in ZnO is tau ~ 210 ps at 5 K giving a quality factor Q = 1870. The decay rate is dominated by isotopic disorder
Keywords
II-VI semiconductors; Q-factor; high-speed optical techniques; phonons; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; 210 ps; 5 K; E2-low mode; ZnO; coherent optical phonons; decay rate; isotopic disorder; low-energy E2 phonon; pump-probe experiments; quality factor; very large quality factors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-778-4
Type
conf
Filename
1366675
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