Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications

SJ Kim, BJ Kang, U Puc, WT Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic π‐conjugated crystals with second‐order optical nonlinearity are considerably
attractive materials for diverse terahertz (THz) wave photonics. An overview of the research …

Recent advances in THz detection of water

H Ge, Z Sun, Y Jiang, X Wu, Z Jia, G Cui… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The frequency range of terahertz waves (THz waves) is between 0.1 and 10 THz and they
have properties such as low energy, penetration, transients, and spectral fingerprints, which …

Terahertz pump–probe of liquid water at 12.3 THz

F Novelli, C Hoberg, EM Adams, JM Klopf… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamical complexity of the hydrogen-bonded water network can be investigated with
intense Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, which can drive the liquid into the nonlinear response …

400 kHz repetition rate THz-TDS with 24 mW of average power driven by a compact industrial Yb-laser

C Millon, S Houver, CJ Saraceno - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a high average power terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THZ-TDS) set-
up based on optical rectification in the tilted-pulse front geometry in lithium niobate at room …

Terahertz refractive phenotype of living cells

G Zhang, Y Wang, J Qian, Y Wang, X Li… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cellular refractive index is a vital phenotypic parameter for understanding the cell functional
activities. So far, there remains technical challenges to obtain refractive index of viable cells …

Terahertz spectroscopy of thick and diluted water solutions

F Novelli - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
While bright terahertz sources are used to perform nonlinear experiments, they can be
advantageous for high-precision linear measurements of opaque samples. By placing the …

Sensitivity Enhancement of Cubic Nonlinearity Measurement in THz Frequency Range

A Nabilkova, A Ismagilov, M Melnik… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The study applies for the first time the eclipse Z-scan technique to measure LiNbO crystal's
nonlinear refractive index coefficient in the THz range. This technique is by one order of …

Radiation shift from triple to quadruple frequency caused by the interaction of terahertz pulses with a nonlinear Kerr medium

I Artser, M Melnik, A Ismagilov, M Guselnikov… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
High-intensity optical radiation propagation in a transparent dielectric medium causes the
phenomena of pulse self-action and radiation generation at triple frequencies due to the …

Controlling water giant low-inertia nonlinear refractive index in the THz frequency range via temperature variation

A Nabilkova, A Ismagilov, M Melnik, A Tsypkin… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
To create self-controlled radiation photonics systems, it is necessary to have complete
information about the nonlinear properties of the materials used. In this Letter, the vibrational …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-fast liquid switch for terahertz radiation

A Buchmann, C Hoberg, F Novelli - APL Photonics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Ultra-fast switches are essential devices for basic research and technological development.
Here, we demonstrate that aqueous solutions of sodium iodide can be used for this purpose …