Title :
The transport of photoexcited electrons in photoconductive THz sources with spatially patterned excitation
Author :
Kim, Dae Sin ; Citrin, D.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We studied the transport properties of photoexcited electrons in an electrically biased photoconductor with different spatially patterned excitations using spatially resolve Monte Carlo simulations coupled with a self-consistent Poisson solver.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; Poisson distribution; electron transport theory; high-speed optical techniques; photoconducting devices; photoexcitation; photoconductive THz sources; photoexcited electrons; self-consistent Poisson solver; spatially patterned excitation; spatially resolve Monte Carlo simulations; Acoustic scattering; Charge carrier processes; Electron optics; Laser excitation; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Photoconductivity; Shape; Spatial resolution; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202445
