Title :
THz nonlinearity of water observed with intense THz pulses
Author :
Nagai, Masaya ; Tanaka, Koichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
We reveal THz nonlinearity of liquid water using intense monocycle THz pulse. Single THz pulse response and THz pump-probe spectroscopy show the breaking and recovering of hydrogen bonding network in water molecules.
Keywords :
Bonding; Hydrogen; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
