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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 015002(2021)

Transient evolution of quasifree electrons of plasma in liquid water revealed by optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy

Yong Tan1, Hang Zhao1, Rui Zhang2, Yuejin Zhao1、*, Cunlin Zhang3, Xi-Cheng Zhang4, and Liangliang Zhang3、*
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  • 1Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instruments and Technology, Beijing, China
  • 2Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China
  • 3Capital Normal University, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology and Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics (MoE), Department of Physics, Beijing, China
  • 4University of Rochester, Institute of Optics, Rochester, New York, United States
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    Yong Tan, Hang Zhao, Rui Zhang, Yuejin Zhao, Cunlin Zhang, Xi-Cheng Zhang, Liangliang Zhang, "Transient evolution of quasifree electrons of plasma in liquid water revealed by optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy," Adv. Photon. 3, 015002 (2021)

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    Category: Letters

    Received: Sep. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 31, 2020

    Published Online: Feb. 25, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhao Yuejin (yjzhao@bit.edu.cn), Zhang Liangliang (liangliang_zhang@cnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.AP.3.1.015002

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