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Driving Intersubband Transitions With THz Pulses

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Ultrafast Phenomena XI

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Few-cycle THz pulses are used to drive electrons in semiconductor heterostructures. Time-resolved THz experiments show the collective intersubband oscillation of electrons and the decay of their coherent motion.

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Kersting, R., Heyman, J.N., Strasser, G., Unterrainer, K. (1998). Driving Intersubband Transitions With THz Pulses. In: Ultrafast Phenomena XI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72289-9_62

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