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Zhang Lab Presents—God of THz

Journey through dangerous and stunning landscapes regions of laser-induced plasma filaments while facing a wide variety of enemy creatures and monsters and Norse gods detection and analysis obstacles as Kratos Kareem and Atreus his lab partners search for answers. Kratos’ deadly Kareem’s ingenious Spartan Puerto Rican skills will be tested like never before as he battles gods and monsters across Nine Realms to protect struggles to dive deeper into the realms of THz to enlighten his family research group.

Kareem Garriga will defend his PhD thesis remotely on Friday, May 5th at 2pm via Zoom.

https://rochester.zoom.us/j/91067120296?pwd=MVJxR1lIdDZNc3J1bHBnM1h1ZVBEZz09

Meeting ID: 910 6712 0296
Passcode: 748990

Thesis Title: Local Measurement of Terahertz Field-Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Plasma Filaments and Single-Shot Detection of THz using Third-Order Nonlinearities

PhD Defense by Kareem Jamaal Francis Garriga

Advisor: Prof. Xi-Cheng Zhang

May 01, 2023

Zhang Lab Presents—Elden Grating

The Golden Order Fourier analysis has been broken derived. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace terahertz to brandish the power of the Elden Ring diffraction and become an Elden Lord a Grating Lord in the Lands Between Frequency Between. Join us, experience the latest fantasy world MS defense, and see how to mend fix the Elden Ring problem of transmission THz grating shortage with Tarnished MS candidate Jiacheng Zhao of the Zhang Lab.

Jiacheng Zhao will defend his master’s thesis on Thursday, April 21st, 2022, at 1 pm via zoom. Please join us!

https://rochester.zoom.us/j/99865283593?pwd=Y2tsZ0NSTjQrdUtINC9hVm9RTjBSQT09

Meeting ID: 998 6528 3593

Passcode: 659377

Find your local number: https://rochester.zoom.us/u/adU5pO9JqT

Thesis title: 3D Printed Diffraction Gratings Used for Terahertz Spectrometry

By Jiacheng Zhao

Conducted under the supervision of Professor Xi-Cheng Zhang

April 18, 2022

Why Liquids Prefer Long Optical Pulses

A short report from SPIE news.

April 24, 2020

Generation of Terahertz Radiation from Water Enhanced using Two-Color Laser Excitation

Congratulations! Qi’s paper is featured by the APL journal.  

December 24, 2018

Generating Terahertz Waves from Water

Scientists have generated terahertz waves from solids, plasmas and even water vapor—but, until now, not from liquid water, which strongly absorbs radiation in that frequency range. Researchers at a U.S. university have finally figured out the right setup for generating broadband terahertz radiation from liquid water excited by femtosecond laser pulses (Appl. Phys. Lett., doi:10.1063/1.4990824). 

October 4, 2017

Generating Terahertz Radiation from Water Makes ‘The Impossible, Possible’


September 28, 2017

Generating Broadband Terahertz Radiation from a Microplasma in Air

Researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics have shown that a laser-generated microplasma in air can be used as a source of broadband terahertz radiation.

April 24, 2015


Postdoctoral Researcher Bianca Jackson’s Work was Covered by Local Media

On Sunday, July 21, WXXI’s Need to Know Rochester is scheduled to feature Institute of Optics postdoctoral researcher Bianca Jackson and her work using terahertz technology to uncover long-hidden elements of cultural history. The broadcast begins at 12:30 p.m. Read more about Jackson’s research in the latest issue of Rochester Review.

July 20, 2013