• DocumentCode
    520481
  • Title

    Terahertz absorption in non-polar rotator crystals

  • Author

    Laib, Jonathan P. ; Nickel, Daniel V. ; Mittleman, Daniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We characterize the phase behavior of linear n-alkanes with n > 22, using terahertz spectroscopy. We observe enhanced absorption in the quasi-ordered rotator phase, the first report of disorder-induced THz absorption in a rotator crystal.
  • Keywords
    Amorphous materials; Crystallization; Crystals; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Glass; Liquids; Rotation measurement; Solids; Spectroscopy; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500062