• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 5, 518 (2019)
Jiangpeng Dong1, Kevin-P. Gradwohl2, Yadong Xu1、*, Tao Wang1, Binbin Zhang1, Bao Xiao1, Christian Teichert2, and Wanqi Jie1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, School of Materials and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
  • 2Institute of Physics, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Leoben 8700, Austria
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    Jiangpeng Dong, Kevin-P. Gradwohl, Yadong Xu, Tao Wang, Binbin Zhang, Bao Xiao, Christian Teichert, Wanqi Jie. Terahertz emission from layered GaTe crystal due to surface lattice reorganization and in-plane noncubic mobility anisotropy[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(5): 518 Copy Citation Text show less
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