Wednesday, April 24, 2013

1304.5825 (Y. Mukai et al.)

Electric-Field Ionization of Gallium Acceptors in Germanium Induced by
Single-cycle Terahertz Pulses
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Y. Mukai, H. Hirori, K. Tanaka
The electric field ionization of gallium acceptors in germanium was studied by using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy after single-cycle terahertz pulse excitation. As the peak electric field of the excitation pulse increases, the distinct absorptions due to acceptor transitions centered at 2.0 and 2.2 THz decrease, and simultaneously, absorption emerges in the lower frequency region. These behaviors clearly show that the terahertz pulse ionizes neutral acceptors. The electric field dependence of the released hole density is well reproduced by a model assuming direct field-assisted tunneling of acceptors.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.5825

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