Terahertz-field-induced nonlinearity in phonons, electrons and spins

In this thesis, I describe work aimed at understanding nonlinear material responses initiated by strong terahertz (THz) field excitation. I discuss two aspects of nonlinear THz spectroscopy in condensed-matter materials: developments of experimental THz capabilities and spectroscopy methods and their applications in investigating ultrafast nonlinear dynamics in different classes of materials. I first describe the THz generation, detection and spectroscopy methods, which are the basis of all of our studies. We have generated strong single- and multi-cycle THz pulses covering several spectral ranges using inorganic and organic crystals and developed linear and nonlinear THz spectroscopy techniques to interrogate light-matter interactions based on different observables and/or symmetry criteria.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Li, Xian,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Keith A. Nelson.

• Chemistry.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122713

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/122713