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Advanced Photonics
Vol. 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 Zhao^1、*, Cunlin Zhang³, Xi-Cheng Zhang⁴, and Liangliang Zhang^3、*

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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[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2021, 3(1): 015002 Copy Citation Text

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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[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2021, 3(1): 015002

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