Terahertz time-domain magnetospectroscopy of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas

We have observed cyclotron resonance in a high-mobility GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional electron gas by using the techniques of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy combined with magnetic fields. From this, we calculate the real and imaginary parts of the diagonal elements of the magnetoconductivity tenser, which in turn allows us to extract the concentration, effective mass, and scattering time of the electrons in the sample. We demonstrate the utility of ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy, which can recover the true linewidth of cyclotron resonance in a high-mobility (> 10(6) cm(2) V-1 s(-1)) sample without being affected by the saturation effect. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.