EMISSION OF SUBMILLIMETER ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVES BY COHERENT PHONONS

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DEKORSY, T [1 ]
AUER, H [1 ]
WASCHKE, C [1 ]
BAKKER, HJ [1 ]
ROSKOS, HG [1 ]
KURZ, H [1 ]
WAGNER, V [1 ]
GROSSE, P [1 ]
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[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS 1,D-52056 AACHEN,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.738
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report on the first observation of the emission of electromagnetic radiation from coherent lattice vibrations in a semiconductor. Coherent optical phonons are excited by ultrashort laser pulses in single-crystal tellurium. THz frequency radiation emitted by the Dember-field-driven phonons is detected by time-resolved THz-emission spectroscopy. The measurements are complemented by optical pump-probe experiments with a polarization-sensitive detection scheme utilizing the symmetry of the Raman tensor. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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