THz-pump -- THz-probe spectroscopy of semiconductors at high field strengths

Abstract

Pumping n-type GaAs and InSb with ultrafast THz pulses having intensities higher than 150 MW/cm2 shows strong free carrier absorption saturation at temperatures of 300 K and 200 K respectively. If the energy imparted to the carriers exceeds the bandgap, impact ionization processes can occur. The dynamics of carrier cooling in GaAs and impact ionization in InSb were monitored using THz-pump/THz probe spectroscopy which provides both sub-bandgap excitation and probing, eliminating any direct optical electron-hole generation that complicates the evaluation of results in optical pump/THz probe experiments.

7 figures, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. Special issue of THz wave photonics (2009)

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• Impact ionization in InSb probed by THz-pump THz-probe spectroscopy

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