1. Picosecond optically-induced intervalence band absorption in germanium
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G.Paul Perryman, Arthur L. Smirl, and Alan Miller
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Materials science ,business.industry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Germanium ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Glass laser ,Optics ,chemistry ,Picosecond ,Attenuation coefficient ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,business ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,Saturation (chemistry) ,Excitation ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
By using a mode-locked Nd: glass laser with much improved beam properties, we have observed the onset of direct intervalence band absorption at 1.06 μm in germanium at excitation levels between 225 MW/cm 2 (≈2 mJ/cm 2 ) and 10 GW/cm 2 (≈75 mJ/cm 2 ). This absorption limits the transmission to a maximum value well below that expected for complete saturation of the direct valence-to-conduction band absorption coefficient by band filling.
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- 1981
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