DETERMINATION OF INTERVALLEY SCATTERING TIME IN GERMANIUM BY SUBPICOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
TANAKA, K [1 ]
OHTAKE, H [1 ]
SUEMOTO, T [1 ]
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[1] SCI UNIV TOKYO,FAC SCI,DEPT APPL PHYS,NODA,CHIBA 278,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1935
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Time-resolved Raman scattering measurements are made by using 110 fs laser pulses in germanium at the initial carrier density of 3 x 10(18) cm-3. Intensity build-up is clearly observed for the Raman scattering due to photoexcited electrons in L valleys and is quantitatively analyzed in terms of the theory on the electronic light scattering from a multicomponent electron gas. We show that photoexcited electrons initially created in the GAMMA valley are scattered into L valleys with a time constant of 1.2+/-0.1 ps.
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