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Ultrafast electron-phonon scattering in semiconductors studied by nondegenerate four-wave mixing

  • M. Betz
  • , G. Göger
  • , A. Leitenstorfer
  • , K. Ortner
  • , C. R. Becker
  • , G. Böhm
  • , A. Laubereau
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Würzburg
  • Walter Schottky Institut

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Abstract

Nondegenerate four-wave-mixing allows one to monitor the femtosecond relaxation of free carriers in GaAs and CdTe at densities as low as 2×1015 cm-3. The energy relaxation time of electrons via LO-phonon emission is determined to be 240±20 fs in GaAs. In more polar CdTe, this time constant is found to be as short as 70±15 fs which is even shorter than the phonon oscillation period of 200 fs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R11265-R11268
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume60
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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