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Pulse-Duration-Dependent-Free-Carrier-Absorption in Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

P. Mukherjee ,
M. Sheik-Bahaei  and
H.S. Kwok
P. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Bell Hall, AmherstNY14260
M. Sheik-Bahaei
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Bell Hall, AmherstNY14260
H.S. Kwok
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Bell Hall, AmherstNY14260
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Abstract

The free carrier absorption in InSb was found to depend on the pulse duration of the picosecond CO2 laser pulse. This is interpreted as the effect of incomplete carrier relaxation within the laser pulse duration. An electron energy relaxation time of 5.6 ps was derived from the observation. The present experiment presents a new method of measuring relaxation times in semiconductors and metals.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 35: Symposium A – Energy Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing/1984 , 1984 , 97
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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