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http://dx.doi.org/10.3952/lithjphys.49407
Open access article / Atviros prieigos straipsnis
Lith. J. Phys. 49, 359–372 (2009)
Review
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS FOR
ULTRAFAST OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
A. Krotkusa, K. Bertulisa, R. Adomavičiusa,
V. Pačebutasa, and A. Geižutisa,b
aSemiconductor Physics Institute, A. Goštauto 11,
LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: andrejus@opel2.p.lt
bDepartment of Electronic Systems, Vilnius Gediminas
Technical University, Naugarduko 41, LT-03227 Vilnius, Lithuania
Received 21 September 2009; revised
17 November 2009; accepted 18 December 2009
The paper presents a review of
experimental investigations of various semiconductor materials
used for the development of ultrafast optoelectronic devices
activated by femtosecond laser pulses that have been performed at
the Optoelectronics Laboratory of the Semiconductor Physics
Institute during the period from 1997 to 2008. Technology and
physical characteristics of low-temperature-grown GaAs and GaBiAs
layers as well as the effect of terahertz radiation from the
femtosecond laser excited semiconductor surfaces are described and
analysed.
Keywords: THz time domain spectroscopy,
low temperature grown GaAs, low temperature grown GaBiAs,
photoconductor antenna
PACS: 78.47.+p, 73.50.Pz, 73.40.Sx, 71.55.Eq
PUSLAIDININKINĖS MEDŽIAGOS
ULTRASPARČIAJAI OPTOELEKTRONIKAI
A. Krotkusa, K. Bertulisa, R. Adomavičiusa,
V. Pačebutasa, A. Geižutisa,b
aPuslaidininkių fizikos institutas, Vilnius, Lietuva
bVilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas,
Vilnius, Lietuva
Pateikta įvairių puslaidininkinių medžiagų,
naudojamų kuriant ultrasparčius optoelektronikos prietaisus,
žadinamus femtosekundiniais lazeriais, eksperimentinių tyrimų
apžvalga. Tyrimai atlikti Puslaidininkių fizikos instituto
Optoelektronikos laboratorijoje 1997–2008 metais. Aprašyta žemoje
temperatūroje augintų GaAs ir GaBiAs sluoksnių technologija ir
fizikinės savybės. Išsamiai aptartas ir išanalizuotas THz
spinduliuotės generavimas iš femtosekundiniu lazeriu sužadintų
puslaidininkių paviršiaus.
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