Concepts and Applications of Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy (Second Edition) / Thomas Elsaesser, Klaus Reimann, and Michael Woerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elsässer, T. (Thomas), author.

Reimann, Klaus, author.

Woerner, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP series in advances in optics, photonics and optoelectronics.

IOP Series in Advances in Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terahertz spectroscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2024]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Thomas Elsaesser is a director emeritus at the Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany, and a retired full professor for experimental physics at Humboldt University, Berlin. His research has focused on ultrafast phenomena in condensed matter, including (bio)molecular systems, inorganic solids, and nanostructures. Klaus Reimann was from 1999 to 2024 a scientist at the Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany, in the field of ultrafast mid-infrared and THz spectroscopy. Before this he worked in the field of semiconductors under high pressures. Michael Woerner is a department head at the Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany, and holds a lecturer qualification (Habilitation) in physics at Humboldt University, Berlin. His research focuses on ultrafast phenomena in solids and nanostructures.

Summary:

This book focuses on nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy of condensed matter and introduces basic concepts, technologies, and methods for an interdisciplinary research audience. Recent applications in basic science illustrate the potential and relevance of the field.

Contents:

Intro

Author biographies

Thomas Elsaesser

Klaus Reimann

Michael Woerner

Symbols

Chapter Introduction

1.1 Linear optical response

1.2 Low-energy excitations in condensed matter

1.2.1 Electronic excitations

1.2.2 Vibrational excitations

1.3 Charge transport in solids

1.3.1 Drift-diffusion and ballistic transport

1.3.2 Density-matrix formalism for interacting many-body systems

References

Chapter Terahertz technology

2.1 Generation of coherent terahertz radiation

2.1.1 Terahertz lasers

2.1.2 THz generation by optical frequency conversion

2.1.3 Photoconductive switches

2.2 Phase-resolved detection of terahertz transients

2.2.1 Photoconductive antennas

2.2.2 Electro-optic sampling

2.2.3 Magneto-optic sampling

2.2.4 Single-shot measurements

2.3 Electric field enhancement by near-field techniques

2.4 Linear terahertz spectroscopy and imaging

Chapter Nonlinear light-matter interactions

3.1 Nonlinear optical response in the THz range

3.1.1 Theoretical framework

3.1.2 Approximations

3.2 Nonlinear currents in condensed matter

3.2.1 Shift currents in systems lacking inversion symmetry

3.2.2 Nonlinear currents of electrons in a periodic potential

3.2.3 Nonlinear currents without real-space transfer of carriers

3.3 Quantum coherences in coupled multi-level systems

3.4 Nonperturbative regime of light-matter interaction

Chapter Methods of nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy

4.1 Concepts and experimental implementation

4.1.1 Optical geometries for nonlinear THz experiments

4.1.2 Interaction schemes and pulse sequences

4.2 Two-dimensional spectroscopy

4.2.1 Experimental methods of two-dimensional THz spectroscopy

4.2.2 Data representation and analysis

References.

Chapter Nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy of solids

5.1 Dynamics and couplings of low-energy excitations in solids

5.1.1 Intersubband excitations

5.1.2 Coherent Higgs modes in s-wave superconductors

5.1.3 Phonon quantum coherences

5.1.4 Nonlinear THz response of softmodes in a molecular crystal

5.2 High-field THz charge transport

5.2.1 Coherent high-field transport in GaAs on femtosecond time scales

5.2.2 THz-induced interband tunneling of carriers

5.2.3 Shift current in LiNbO3

5.2.4 Nonlinear transport in graphene

5.2.5 Coherent zone-boundary phonons in bismuth

5.2.6 Polaron transport

Chapter Nonlinear THz spectroscopy of molecular systems

6.1 Vibrational excitations and THz Kerr effect

6.2 Field-driven electron generation in polar liquids

6.3 THz many-body excitations in polar liquids

6.4 Electronic THz Stark effect of molecular chromophores

Notes:

"Version: 20240901"--Title page verso.

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ISBN:

9780750364928

0750364920

9780750364904

0750364904

OCLC:

1458669446