Virtual Journal of THz Science & Technology

Exciton polarizability in semiconductor nanocrystals

Feng Wang, Jie Shan, Mohammad A. Islam, Irving P. Herman, Mischa Bonn and Tony F. Heinz, Nature Materials 5 (11), 861–864 (2006).

Terahertz Emission in Asymmetric Quantum Wells by Frequency Mixing of Midinfrared Waves

E. Dupont, Z. R. Wasilewski, and H. C. Liu, IEEE J. Quant. Elec. 42 (11), 1157- 1174 (2006).

Silicon donor and Stokes terahertz lasers

S.G. Pavlov, H.-W. Hübers, J.N. Hovenier, T.O. Klaassen, H. Riemann, N.V. Abrosimov, N. Nötzel, R.Kh. Zhukavin and V.N. Shastin, J. Luminescence 121 (2), 304-310 (2006).

n-Si/SiGe quantum cascade structures for THz emission

Z. Ikonic, I. Lazic, V. Milanovic, R.W. Kelsall, D. Indjin and P. Harrison, J. Luminescence 121 (2), 311-314 (2006).

THz Waveguide Mixers With NbTiN HEBs on Silicon Nitride Membranes

P. P. Munoz, S. Bedorf, M. Brandt, T. Tils, N. Honingh, and K. Jacobs, IEEE Microwave & Wireless Comp. Lett. 16 (11), 606-608 (2006).

Measurement of submilliwatt, picosecond terahertz emission from a femtosecond-laser-pumped solid-state dc to ac radiation converter based on a ZnSe crystal

Noboru Yugami, Nobuo Ohata, Kenta Yaegashi, and Hiroshi Kawanago, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77 (11), 116102 (2006).

Double-pulse THz radiation bursts from laser-plasma acceleration

R. A. Bosch, Phys. Plasmas 13 (11), 113107 (2006).

Conversion of laser radiation to terahertz frequency waves in plasma

N. A. Yampolsky and G. M. Fraiman, Phys. Plasmas 13 (11), 113108 (2006).

The breakdown of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for protonated rare gas ions

Hitoshi Odashima, J. Molec. Spec. 240 (1), 52-57 (2006).

Metal-insulator phase transition in a VO₂ thin film observed with terahertz spectroscopy

Peter Uhd Jepsen, Bernd M. Fischer, Andreas Thoman, Hanspeter Helm, J. Y. Suh, René Lopez, and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 74 (20), 205103 (2006).

Experimental demonstration of artificial dielectrics with a high index of refraction

A. Pimenov and A. Loidl, Phys. Rev. B 74 (19), 193102 (2006).

Josephson vortex lattices as scatterers of terahertz radiation: Giant magneto-optical effect and Doppler effect using terahertz tunable photonic crystals

Sergey Savel’ev, A. L. Rakhmanov, and Franco Nori, Phys. Rev. B 74 (18), 184512 (2006).

Gain and recombination dynamics of quantum-dot infrared photodetectors

H. Lim, B. Movaghar, S. Tsao, M. Taguchi, W. Zhang, A. A. Quivy, and M. Razeghi, Phys. Rev. B 74 (20), 205321 (2006).

Spin resonance in the ordered magnetic state of Ni₅(TeO₃)₄Cl₂

L. Mihály, T. Fehér, B. Dóra, B. Náfrádi, H. Berger, and L. Forró, Phys. Rev. B 74 (17), 174403 (2006).

Thermal conductivity computed for vitreous silica and methyl-doped silica above the plateau

Xin Yu and David M. Leitner, Phys. Rev. B 74 (18), 184305 (2006).

Toward Silicon-Based Lasers for Terahertz Sources Review

S. A. Lynch, D. J. Paul, P. Townsend, G. Matmon, Z. Suet, R. W. Kelsall, Z. Ikonic, P. Harrison, J. Zhang, D. J. Norris, A. G. Cullis, C. R. Pidgeon, P. Murzyn, B. Murdin, M. Bain, H. S. Gamble, M. Zhao, W.-X. Ni, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Elec. 12 (6), 1570-1578 (2006).

Infrared absorption by H₂-Ar collisional complexes and the anisotropy of the intermolecular interaction potential

Magnus Gustafsson and Lothar Frommhold, Phys. Rev. A 74 (5), 054703 (2006).

Characterization of temperature-induced phase transitions in five polymorphic forms of sulfathiazole by terahertz pulsed spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry

J. Axel Zeitler, David A. Newnham, Philip F. Taday, Terry L. Threlfall, Robert W. Lancaster, Rolf W. Berg, Clare J. Strachan, Michael Pepper, Keith C. Gordon, and Thomas Rades, J. Pharm. Sci. 95 (11), 2486 - 2498 (2006).

Real-time two-dimensional terahertz tomography of moving objects

Takashi Yasuda, Takeshi Yasui, Tsutomu Araki and Emmanuel Abraham, Opt. Comm. 267 (1), 128-136 (2006).

Ceramic dielectric mirrors for the terahertz range

Frank Rutz, Martin Koch, Lorenzo Micele, and Goffredo de Portu, Appl. Opt. 45 (31), 8070-8073 (2006).

Terahertz Microchip for Illicit Drug Detection

Ja-Yu Lu, Li-Jin Chen, Tzeng-Fu Kao, Hsu-Hao Chang, Hung-Wen Chen, An-Shyi Liu, Yi-Chun Chen, Ruey-Beei Wu, Wei-Sheng Liu, Jeng-Inn Chyi, and Chi-Kuang Sun, IEEE Photonics Tech. Lett. 18 (21), 2254- 2256 (2006).

Effect of SnO₂ addition on the dielectric properties of Ba₂Ti₉O₂₀ ceramics in the high-frequency regime

Hsiang-Lin Liu, Hsin-I Chen, Yuan-Tai Tzeng, Chia-Ta Chia, Kuo-Chien Hsu, Chen-Chung Chi, Chi-Ben Chang, Keh-Chyang Leou, and I-Nan Lin, J. Appl. Phys. 100 (9), 094104 (2006).

Terahertz absorption spectrum of para and ortho water vapors at different humidities at room temperature

X. Xin, H. Altan, A. Saint, D. Matten, and R. R. Alfano, J. Appl. Phys. 100 (9), 094905 (2006).

Anisotropy of transient photoconductivity in functionalized pentacene single crystals

O. Ostroverkhova, D. G. Cooke, F. A. Hegmann, R. R. Tykwinski, S. R. Parkin, and J. E. Anthony, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (19), 192113 (2006).

Electromagnetic Radiation from Vortex Flow in Type-II Superconductors

L. N. Bulaevskii and E. M. Chudnovsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (19), 197002 (2006).

Terahertz absorption measurement for gas-phase 2,4-dinitrotoluene from 0.05 THz to 2.7 THz

Robert J. Foltynowicz, Ronald E. Allman and Eric Zuckerman, Chem. Phys. Lett. 431 (1-3), 34-38 (2006).

High-frequency dielectric relaxation of liquid crystals: THz time-domain spectroscopy of liquid crystal colloids

Masahito Oh-e, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mattijs Koeberg, Euan Hendry, and Mischa Bonn, Opt. Express 14 (23), 11433-11441 (2006).

Terahertz-wave near-field imaging with subwavelength resolution using surface-wave-assisted bow-tie aperture

Kunihiko Ishihara, Keishi Ohashi, Tomofumi Ikari, Hiroaki Minamide, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Jun-ichi Shikata, and Hiromasa Ito, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (20), 201120 (2006).

Tunable plasma wave resonant detection of optical beating in high electron mobility transistor

J. Torres, P. Nouvel, A. Akwoue-Ondo, L. Chusseau, F. Teppe, A. Shchepetov, and S. Bollaert, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (20), 201101 (2006).

Theoretical Analysis of the Terahertz Spectrum of the High Explosive PETN

Damian G. Allis and Timothy M. Korter, ChemPhysChem 7 (11), 2398-2408 (2006).

The effect of two-photon absorption and optical excitation area on the generation of THz radiation

Qirong Xing, Liying Lang, Zhen Tian, Ning Zhang, Shuxin Li, Kai Wang, Lu Chai and Qingyue Wang, Opt. Comm. 267 (2), 422-426 (2006).

Characterization of terahertz electromagnetic waves from coherent longitudinal optical phonons in GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells

K. Mizoguchi, A. Mizumoto, M. Nakayama, S. Saito, A. Syouji, K. Sakai, N. Yamamoto, and K. Akahane, J. Appl. Phys. 100 (10), 103527 (2006).

Detection and identification of illicit drugs using terahertz imaging

Meihong Lu, Jingling Shen, Ning Li, Yan Zhang, Cunlin Zhang, Laishun Liang, and Xiaoyu Xu, J. Appl. Phys. 100 (10), 103104 (2006).

Terahertz-Laser Control of Large Amplitude Vibrational Motion in the Sub-One-Cycle Pulse Limit

N. Doslic, J. Phys. Chem. A 110 (45), 12400 -12405 (2006).

Analysis and design of terahertz photonic crystal fibers by an effective-index method

Yanfeng Li, Changlei Wang, Ning Zhang, Ching-yue Wang, and Qirong Xing, Appl. Opt. 45 (33), 8462-8465 (2006).

Coulomb scattering in the Monte Carlo simulation of terahertz quantum-cascade lasers

J. T. Lü and J. C. Cao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (21), 211115 (2006).

Generation of arbitrary terahertz wave forms in fanned-out periodically poled lithium niobate

J. R. Danielson, N. Amer, and Yun-Shik Lee, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (21), 211118 (2006).

Low-loss single-mode terahertz waveguiding using Cytop

Glenda de los Reyes, Alex Quema, Carlito Ponseca, Jr., Romeric Pobre, Reuben Quiroga, Shingo Ono, Hidetoshi Murakami, Elmer Estacio, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Ko Aosaki, Yoshihiko Sakane, and Hideki Sato, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (21), 211119 (2006).