Title :
THz studies of charge and exciton dynamics in semiconductor nanostructures
Author_Institution :
FOM Inst. for Atomic & Mol. Phys. (AMOLF), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
We have used terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to investigate carrier dynamics in a wide range of semiconductors. The technique allows discriminating between free charges and excitons and is perfectly suitable to study carrier-carrier interactions in nanostructured materials.
Keywords :
excitons; nanostructured materials; terahertz spectroscopy; carrier dynamics; carrier-carrier interactions; charge dynamics; exciton dynamics; nanostructured materials; semiconductor nanostructures; terahertz time-domain spectroscopy; Charge carriers; Conductivity; Excitons; Nanostructured materials; Probes; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor nanostructures; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis; Ultrafast optics; (160.6000) Semiconductor materials; (300.6495) Spectroscopy, terahertz;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
