Abstract
Two-dimensional-spectroscopy with near-infrared (NIR) or mid-infrared pulses has given insight into ultrafast dynamics and spectral correlations in many systems [1]. Terahertz (THz) four-wave-mixing (FWM) has attracted growing interest as a potential way to access important low-energy excitations such as inter- and intra-molecular vibrations or energy gaps in superconductors. However, lead-off experiments [2] have been limited to model systems due to moderate THz fields. Here we employ a recently developed ultraintense multi-THz source [3,4] to pursue THz four-wave mixing in a bulk semiconductor even under two-photon resonant conditions. The temporal profile of the strong FWM signal shows first indications of a THz photon echo. A non-collinear geometry allows for spatial selection of nonlinear signals and background-free measurements.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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