• 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