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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 95 / Issue 23 / LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 231105 (2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3271520 (3 pages)

Terahertz Kerr effect

Matthias C. Hoffmann1,2, Nathaniel C. Brandt2, Harold Y. Hwang2, Ka-Lo Yeh2, and Keith A. Nelson2

1Max Planck Group for Structural Dynamics, University of Hamburg, CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

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(Received 29 July 2009; accepted 12 November 2009; published online 8 December 2009)

We have observed optical birefringence in liquids induced by single-cycle terahertz pulses with field strengths exceeding 100 kV/cm. The induced change in polarization is proportional to the square of the terahertz electric field. The time-dependent terahertz Kerr signal is composed of a fast electronic response that follows the individual cycles of the electric field and a slow exponential response associated with molecular orientation.

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birefringence, Kerr electro-optical effect, molecular orientation, optical Kerr effect, refractive index

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1077-3118 (online)

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