Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient birefringence

Hang Zhao; Yong Tan; Liangliang Zhang; Rui Zhang; Mostafa Shalaby; Cunlin Zhang; Yuejin Zhao; Xi-Cheng Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-00370-z

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Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient birefringence

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- Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient birefringence
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 5, Pages: 1349-1358(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  2.Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology and Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics (MoE), Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  3.Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
  4.The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Liangliang Zhang (zhlliang@126.com)
  Yuejin Zhao (yjzhao@bit.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-00370-z
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- Published：2020，
  
  Published Online：04 August 2020，
  
  Received：23 September 2019，
  
  Revised：04 July 2020，
  
  Accepted：13 July 2020
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Zhao, H. et al. Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient birefringence. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 1349-1358 (2020).
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Zhao, H. et al. Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient birefringence. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 1349-1358 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-00370-z.

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Abstract

The fundamental properties of water molecules

such as their molecular polarizability

have not yet been clarified. The hydrogen bond network is generally considered to play an important role in the thermodynamic properties of water. The terahertz (THz) Kerr effect technique

as a novel tool

is expected to be useful in exploring the low-frequency molecular dynamics of liquid water. Here

we use an intense and ultrabroadband THz pulse (peak electric field strength of 14.9 MV/cm

centre frequency of 3.9 THz

and bandwidth of 1–10 THz) to resonantly excite intermolecular modes of liquid water. Bipolar THz field-induced transient birefringence signals are observed in a free-flowing water film. We propose a hydrogen bond harmonic oscillator model associated with the dielectric susceptibility and combine it with the Lorentz dynamic equation to investigate the intermolecular structure and dynamics of liquid water. We mainly decompose the bipolar signals into a positive signal caused by hydrogen bond stretching vibration and a negative signal caused by hydrogen bond bending vibration

indicating that the polarizability perturbation of water presents competing contributions under bending and stretching conditions. A Kerr coefficient equation related to the intermolecular modes of water is established. The ultrafast intermolecular hydrogen bond dynamics of water revealed by an ultrabroadband THz pump pulse can provide further insights into the transient structure of liquid water corresponding to the pertinent modes.

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