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Artists rendition of an electron-hole recollision in a semiconductor (Peter Allen, UCSB)
Article in Nature Volume 483, Number 7391, pp. 580-583

Welcome to the Sherwin Group’s homepage. Our group is interested in the interaction of light and condensed matter in the terahertz frequency range. Please view the introduction section for more general information about terahertz research, or the research section for information about the specific projects that we are working on in our group.

Sherwin group news

March 2012
Recent work investigating electron-hole recollisions performed in the Sherwin group was just released in the journal Nature [link].  In the same issue of Nature, a News & Views article by Rupert Huber provides additional insight and context for this research.  You can also read more about the work that was performed and watch a short video description on the UCSB Public Affairs website.

Our publication "Terahertz Ionization of Highly Charged Quantum Posts in a Perforated Electron Gasis featured on the cover of the journal Nanoletters.  [cover] [article]