We investigate the reflection near the reststrahlen band of the optical pho
non in bulk GaAs in the time domain, using time-resolved terahertz spectros
copy. We find that the dynamics of the reflection measured for GaAs differs
strongly from the reflection dynamics that would be expected for a TO phon
on with a frequency-independent dephasing time. (C) 2000 Optical Society of
America OCIS codes: 300.6250, 300.6270, 300.6500, 320.7130.