TERAHERTZ LIQUID PHOTONICS

As a bridge between electronics and photonics, terahertz science and technology has made tremendous progress in the past decades. While terahertz wave generation from gas, solid and plasma with femtosecond laser excitation has been widely used, terahertz liquid photonics is a newly emerging topic in recent years. This book includes the most recent experimental results, theoretical analysis, and simulated calculations on terahertz emission and detection from liquid materials under ultrashort-pulse laser excitation, providing readers a comprehensive understanding of current developments in terahertz liquid photonics. By comparing with traditional sources, distinctive properties of terahertz wave generation from liquids are discussed in detail, which provides a new perspective in exploring laser-matter interactions. Contents: Preface About the Editors Introduction Terahertz Wave Generation via Laser-Produced Ionization The Basics of Broadband Terahertz Wave Generation from Liquids Plasma Generation in Liquid Water Under Intense Laser Irradiation Plasma-based Terahertz Wave Generation in Liquids Giant Nonlinearity of Liquids in the Terahertz Frequency Range Spatio-temporal Control of Intense Laser-Induced Terahertz/X-ray Emission from Water Terahertz Wave Generation from Water Lines Terahertz Wave Generation from Unique Liquids Ultrafast Dynamics in Liquids Excited by Intense Terahertz Waves Liquid-based Coherent Detection of Broadband Terahertz Pulses Index Readership: Academics, researchers, lecturers, and graduate students in universities and institutes in terahertz photonics and spectroscopy, laser physics, AMO physics, ultrafast science, and related areas such as semiconductors, photochemistry and physical chemistry. Key Features: First book in the world on terahertz wave generation and detection with liquids Contains the most recent experimental and computational results on the topic Co-edited by X-C Zhang, the pioneer of THz liquid photonics