Temperature dependences of the dielectric constants of lower alcohols revealed by terahertz time-domain attenuated total reflection spectroscopy

Author

Yada, Hiroyuki ; Nagai, Masaya ; Tanaka, Koichiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have revealed the picosecond dynamics of lower alcohols by employing terahertz time-domain attenuated total reflection spectroscopy and have found that there exists no temperature-dependent relaxation in terahertz frequency region.

Keywords

attenuated total reflection; dielectric relaxation; organic compounds; permittivity; solvent effects; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; time-domain analysis; chemical reactions; dielectric constants; dielectric relaxation; dipole moments; lower alcohols; picosecond dynamics; polar solvents; reorientation dynamics; temperature dependences; terahertz frequency region; terahertz time-domain attenuated total reflection spectroscopy; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Ethanol; Frequency; Methanol; Optical reflection; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Time domain analysis; (260.6970) Total internal reflection; (300.6270) Spectroscopy, far infrared;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572577