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Femtosecond Dynamics of Highly Excited Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Charles V. Shank
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
Michael C. Downer
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
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Abstract

The advent of femtosecond optical pulse techniques has provided new opportunities for the investigation of the dynamical properties of highly excited semiconductors. In this paper we describe recent investigations of delayed Auger heating in Si.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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