Title : 
Ultrafast dynamics of nonlinear excitations in quasi-one-dimensional systems probed by time-resolved THz spectroscopy
         
        
            Author : 
Dexheimer, Susan L. ; Nampoothiri, A. V Vasudevan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Phys., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present time-resolved spectroscopic studies of the evolution of charge carriers and localized nonlinear excitations in a quasi-one-dimensional molecular system using femtosecond time-resolved THz techniques.
         
        
            Keywords : 
high-speed optical techniques; photoexcitation; submillimetre wave spectra; time resolved spectra; charge carrier; femtosecond time-resolved technique; localized nonlinear excitation; nonlinear excitation; quasione-dimensional molecular system; time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy; ultrafast dynamics; Excitons; Metastasis; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical materials; Optical solitons; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-796-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548830