Title :
Water molecules driven by intense THz pulses
Author :
Nagai, Masaya ; Tanaka, Koichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate THz nonlinearity of liquid water revealed with 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 :
hydrogen bonds; terahertz wave spectra; water; H2O; hydrogen bonding network; intense monocycle terahertz pulse; liquid water; single terahertz pulse response; terahertz nonlinearity; terahertz pump-probe spectroscopy; water molecules; Decision support systems;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612741