Title :
Electron-phonon quantum kinetics in semiconductors
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Scattering processes in semiconductors, such as electron-phonon scattering, are often thought of as being inherently irreversible. Here we discuss experiments on a 10 fs timescale which show that scattering is reversible for early times
Keywords :
electron-phonon interactions; high-speed optical techniques; light scattering; quantum optics; semiconductors; 10 fs; electron-phonon quantum kinetics; electron-phonon scattering; fs timescale; inherently irreversible; reversible scattering; semiconductors; Charge carrier processes; Electrons; Geometrical optics; Interference; Kinetic theory; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Phonons; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710355
