Terahertz Hyper-Raman Time-Domain Spectroscopy

被引:17
作者
Rubano, Andrea [1 ]
Mou, Sen [1 ]
Marrucci, Lorenzo [1 ,2 ]
Paparo, Domenico [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Federico II, Dipartimento Fis E Pancini, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[2] CNR, Inst Appl Sci & Intelligent Syst, ISASI, Via Campi Flegrei 34, I-80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
关键词
THz Nonlinear Optics; THz Four-Wave-Mixing; Coherent Hyper-Raman Spectroscopy; Crystalline Quartz; Polariton; THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy; LATTICE-DYNAMICS; EXCITATIONS; GENERATION;
D O I
10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00265
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
A new spectroscopic method has been demonstrated on the benchmark crystal alpha-SiO2. The new technique makes use of femtosecond optical pulses and intense, sub-ps, broadband terahertz (THz) pulses to generate a THz-optical four wave mixing in the investigated material. The spectrum of the generated signal is resolved in wavelength and displays two pronounced frequency sidebands close to the optical second harmonic central frequency 2 omega(L), where omega(L) is the optical central frequency of the fundamental beam. The two sidebands develop around the central frequency at the (anti-) Stokes side of omega(s;a) = 2 omega(L)-/+ omega(T), where omega(T )is( )the( )THz central frequency, thus resembling the spectrum of standard hyper-Raman scattering, and hence, we named this effect "THz Hyper-Raman"-THYR Due to the large laser and THz bandwidths, it is not possible to resolve the THYR signal in the frequency domain. Nonetheless, by taking advantage of the same principle at work in THz time-domain spectroscopy, it is possible to follow the evolution of the THYR signal in time and access the frequency domain again by Fourier Transform. In this way we were able to observe pronounced oscillations in time of the THYR signal whose frequencies correspond to a large variety of material excitations including Gamma-point phonons, polaritons, and phonons out of the Gamma-point, which are usually observed only by neutron scattering techniques. To complement the richness of these observations, we will show that the selection rules of the THYR process allow the simultaneous observation of both IR- and Raman-active material modes, thus highlighting the potential of this innovative experimental method.
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页码:1515 / 1523
页数:17
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