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The Teraherz (THz) photoresponse of a two-dimensional electron gas in the quantum Hall regime is investigated. We use a sample structure which is topologically equivalent to a Corbino geometry combined with a cross-gate technique. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-28 Christian Notthoff , Kevin Rachor , Detlef Heitmann , Axel Lorke

Spintronic terahertz emitters (STEs) pumped by femtosecond lasers have become a widely used source of broadband terahertz radiation. However, the strength of the emitted field is limited in part by the optical damage threshold at the pump…

A detailed understanding of the different mechanisms being responsible for terahertz (THz) emission in ferromagnetic (FM) materials will aid in designing efficient THz emitters. In this report, we present direct evidence of THz emission…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-29 V. Mottamchetty , P. Rani , R. Brucas , A. Rydberg , P. Svedlindh , R. Gupta

Using high-resolution, two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we investigate numerically the mechanisms of terahertz (THz) emissions in submicron-thick carbon solid foils driven by ultraintense ($\sim 10^{20}\,\rm W\,cm^{-2}$),…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 J. Déchard , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet , L. Bergé

Structured light, particularly in the terahertz frequency range, holds considerable potential for a diverse range of applications. However, the generation and control of structured terahertz radiation pose major challenges. In this work, we…

Recent studies in spintronics have highlighted ultrathin magnetic metallic multilayers as a novel and very promising class of broadband terahertz radiation sources. Such spintronic multilayers consist of ferromagnetic (FM) and non-magnetic…

State-of-the-art metallic terahertz (THz) emitters rely predominantly on spintronic heterostructures, where heavy metals serve as passive spin-to-charge converters. Here, we demonstrate efficient THz radiation from standalone Pt nanofilms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Lei Wang , Linxuan Song , Elbert E. M. Chia , Peijie Sun , Jianlin Luo , Rongyan Chen , Yong-Chang Lau , Xinbo Wang

We report on reflective electro-optic sampling measurements of TeraHertz emission from nanometer-gate-length InGaAs-based high electron mobility transistors. The room temperature coherent gate-voltage tunable emission is demonstrated. We…

Terahertz radiation pulses can be generated efficiently through femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic heterostructure, wherein an ultrafast laser-induced spin current results in an electromagnetic THz pulse due to…

Spintronic THz emitters have attracted much attention due to their desirable properties, such as affordability, ultra-wideband capability, high efficiency, and tunable polarization. In this study, we investigate the characteristics of THz…

We present high-performance terahertz (THz) metal-mesh bandpass filters developed to mitigate direct detection effects in sensitive THz receivers based on superconducting hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixers. These metal-mesh filters are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-22 Changyun Yoo , Jeffrey L. Hesler , Boris S. Karasik

Terahertz (THz) nonreciprocal devices are essential for advancing future fundamental science, wireless communications, imaging, and sensing. Current THz nonreciprocal devices mostly rely on magnetic materials, which, however, suffer from…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-08 Mingyu Tong , Yuze Hu , Siyang Hu , Hongsheng Chen , Tian Jiang , Yihao Yang

The spectrum of terahertz (THz) emission in gases via ionizing two-color femtosecond pulses is analyzed by means of a semi-analytic model and finite-difference-time-domain simulations in 1D and 2D geometries. We show that produced THz…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-02-20 Eduardo Cabrera-Granado , Yxing Chen , Ihar Babushkin , Luc Bergé , Stefan Skupin

Semiconductor emitter can possibly achieve sharp cutoff wavelength due to its intrinsic bandgap absorption and almost zero sub-bandgap emission without doping. A germanium wafer based selective emitter with front-side antireflection and…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-07 Qing Ni , Rajagopalan Ramesh , Cheng-An Chen , Liping Wang

We consider the nonlinear terahertz emission by the system of cavity polaritons in the regime of polariton lasing. To account for the quantum nature of terahertz-polariton coupling we use the Lindblad master equation approach and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-26 I. G. Savenko , I. A. Shelykh , M. A. Kaliteevski

We develop a comprehensive, elegant theory to explain terahertz (THz) emission from a superlattice over a wide range of applied electric field,which shows excellent agreement between theory andexperiment for a GaAs/Al{0.3}Ga{0.7As…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-03 Peng Han , Kui-juan Jin , Barry C. Sanders , Yue-liang Zhou , Hui-bin Lu , Guo-zhen Yang

We report on terahertz emission from FeMnPt/Ru/FeMnPt and Pt/CoFeB/Ru/CoFeB/Pt synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) structures upon irradiation by a femtosecond laser; the former is via the anomalous Hall effect, whereas the latter is through…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-15 Qi Zhang , Yumeng Yang , Ziyan Luo , Yanjun Xu , Rongxiang Nie , Xinhai Zhang , Yihong Wu

We have measured coherent terahertz emission spectra from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta\ mesa devices, as a function of temperature and mesa bias voltage. The emission frequency is found to be tunable by up to 12% by varying the temperature and bias…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-30 T. M. Benseman , A. E. Koshelev , K. E. Gray , W. -K. Kwok , U. Welp , K. Kadowaki , M. Tachiki , T. Yamamoto

We report on Terahertz detection by inverted band structure HgTe-based Field Effect Transistor up to room temperature. At low temperature, we show that nonlinearities of the transistor channel allows for the observation of the quantum phase…

Terahertz (THz) technology is critical for quantum material physics, biomedical imaging, ultrafast electronics, and next-generation wireless communications. However, standing in the way of widespread applications is the scarcity of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-28 Sujan Subedi , Wenhao Liu , Wuzhang Fang , Carter Fox , Zixin Zhai , Fan Fei , Yuan Ping , Bing Lv , Jun Xiao