Title :
Numerical investigation of ultrafast interaction between THz fields and crystalline materials
Author :
Klarskov, Pernille ; Clark, Stewart J. ; Jepsen, Peter Uhd
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present a quantum-mechanical molecular dynamics investigation of the interaction between strong single-cycle THz pulses and ionic crystals. We find nonlinearities in the response of the CsI crystals at field strengths higher than 10 MV/cm.
Keywords :
caesium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; molecular dynamics method; nonlinear optics; quantum optics; terahertz waves; CsI; numerical investigation; optical nonlinearities; quantum-mechanical molecular dynamics investigation; single-cycle terahertz pulse-ionic crystal interaction; Crystals; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Phonons; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
