This thesis will cover work that I have completed relating to the field of terahertz (THz) science. My work has consisted of generating tunable, narrowband THz pulses in a table-top optical setup and using both narrow- and broadband THz pulses to study various material systems. Broadband THz pulses were used...
Nanoparticles, materials on a 10⁻⁹ meter size scale, are finding applications in
a variety of areas including catalysts, fuel and solar cells, biological labeling.
electronics and optoelectronic devices. Semiconductor nanoparticles are of particular
interest because of their size tunable properties resulting from quantum confinement
effects. Mass productions of monodisperse semiconductor...