REAL-TIME ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON OSCILLATIONS OBSERVED BY TERAHERTZ TECHNIQUES IN SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES

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SOME, D [1 ]
NURMIKKO, AV [1 ]
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[1] BROWN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
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10.1063/1.112397
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We demonstrate the application of optoelectronically generated terahertz electromagnetic transients to real-time detection of coherent oscillations by free electrons in modulation doped semiconductor heterostructures, due to the cyclotron resonance. The damping of these oscillations gives a direct measure of the electron dephasing which can be compared with scattering rates obtained from dc transport measurements. © 1994 American Institute of Physics.
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