TERAHERTZ LIQUID PHOTONICS

As a bridge between electronics and photonics, terahertz science and technology has made tremendous progress in the past decades. While terahertz wave generation from gas, solid and plasma with femtosecond laser excitation has been widely used, terahertz liquid photonics is a newly emerging topic in recent years. This book includes the most recent experimental results, theoretical analysis, and simulated calculations on terahertz emission and detection from liquid materials under ultrashort-pulse laser excitation, providing readers a comprehensive understanding of current developments in terahertz liquid photonics. By comparing with traditional sources, distinctive properties of terahertz wave generation from liquids are discussed in detail, which provides a new perspective in exploring laser-matter interactions.

Contents:

• Preface
• About the Editors
• Introduction
• Terahertz Wave Generation via Laser-Produced Ionization
• The Basics of Broadband Terahertz Wave Generation from Liquids
• Plasma Generation in Liquid Water Under Intense Laser Irradiation
• Plasma-based Terahertz Wave Generation in Liquids
• Giant Nonlinearity of Liquids in the Terahertz Frequency Range
• Spatio-temporal Control of Intense Laser-Induced Terahertz/X-ray Emission from Water
• Terahertz Wave Generation from Water Lines
• Terahertz Wave Generation from Unique Liquids
• Ultrafast Dynamics in Liquids Excited by Intense Terahertz Waves
• Liquid-based Coherent Detection of Broadband Terahertz Pulses
• Index

Readership: Academics, researchers, lecturers, and graduate students in universities and institutes in terahertz photonics and spectroscopy, laser physics, AMO physics, ultrafast science, and related areas such as semiconductors, photochemistry and physical chemistry.

'Terahertz liquid photonics is an emerging area, and this book will provide a comprehensive summary in both theories and experiments on the existing and promising technologies for terahertz wave generation and detection in liquids. It is timely and interesting.' - Qijie WangProfessor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'In this book, X-C Zhang et al review several state-of-the-art topics in terahertz liquid photonics, which includes crucial observations and discussions on terahertz emission from laser-induced ionization, ultrafast dynamics, and nonlinearity in liquids. X-C Zhang's group is one of the first to report terahertz wave emission from flowing liquid targets shined with ultrashort laser pulses, which has been an active field in recent years. This book will be helpful to researchers.' - Yutong LiProfessor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

'This book is a comprehensive source of information on THz liquid photonics and will be of interest to students, scientists and researchers working in relevant fields of THz science, laser physics, plasma, and light-matter interaction. The lead editor is one of the champions in the world in THz research and the pioneer of THz liquid photonics.' - Jinghua TengPrincipal Scientist, IMRE, A*STAR, Singapore

Key Features:

• First book in the world on terahertz wave generation and detection with liquids
• Contains the most recent experimental and computational results on the topic
• Co-edited by X-C Zhang, the pioneer of THz liquid photonics