• DocumentCode
    2248654
  • Title

    Terahertz vibrational modes in non-polar non-hydrogen-bonding crystalline solids

  • Author

    Laib, Jonathan P. ; Hallquist, Aaron T. ; Mrozack, Alex M. ; Mittleman, Daniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe terahertz vibrational modes in crystals of n-octadecane, a non-hydrogen-bonding, non-polar molecule. These modes are not present in amorphous samples.
  • Keywords
    amorphous state; hydrogen bonds; submillimetre wave spectra; amorphous samples; crystalline solids; n octadecane; non hydrogen bonding; non polar molecule; terahertz vibrational modes; Amorphous materials; Bonding; Crystallization; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Optical feedback; Refractive index; Resonance; Solids; Spectroscopy; Temperature; (160.2750) Glass and other amorphous materials; (300.6495) Spectroscopy, terahertz;
  • 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
    4571982