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Terahertz (THz) technology enables multi-Tbps satellite communications, but conventional semiconductor detectors suffer from fundamental performance degradation above 1 THz due to the Drude limit of free electrons. Here, we theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Zhi Li

To achieve high efficiency and good performance of spintronic terahertz sources, we propose and corroborate a remnant magnetization method to radiate continuously and stably terahertz pulses from W/CoFeB/Pt magnetic nanofilms without…

Strong-field mid-infrared pump--terahertz (THz) probe spectroscopy has been proven as a powerful tool for light control of different orders in strongly correlated materials. We report the construction of an ultrafast broadband infrared…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-10 S. J. Zhang , Z. X. Wang , T. Dong , N. L. Wang

Enhancement of thermal conductivity via surface electromagnetic waves (SEWs) supported in nanostructures has recently drawn attention as a remedy for issues raised due to the reduction of thermal conductivity in nanoscale confinement. Among…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-10-03 Mikyung Lim , Jose Ordonez-Miranda , Seung S. Lee , Bong Jae Lee , Sebastian Volz

We investigate the interaction of electromagnetic waves and electron beams in a 4 meters long traveling wave tube (TWT). The device is specially designed to simulate beam-plasma experiments without appreciable noise. This TWT presents an…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-10-19 M. C. de Sousa , F. Doveil , Y. Elskens , I. L. Caldas

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we propose a novel nanoscale watermill for unidirectional transport of water molecules through a curved single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT). In this nanoscale system, a revolving charge is introduced…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-02-16 Xiaoyan Zhou , Jianlong Kou , Xuechuan Nie , Fengmin Wu , Yang Liu , Hangjun Lu

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…

We report the first coherent excitation of intramolecular vibrational modes via the nonlinear interaction of a TeraHertz (THz) light field with molecular liquids. A terahertz-terahertz-Raman pulse sequence prepares the coherences with a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-12-29 Marco A. Allodi , Ian A. Finneran , Geoffrey A. Blake

Terahertz radiation generation from liquid water has long been considered to be impossible due to strong absorption. A few very recent works reported terahertz generation from water, but the mechanism is not clear and the efficiency demands…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 L. -L. Zhang , W. -M. Wang , T. Wu , S. -J. Feng , K. Kang , C. -L. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. -T. Li , Z. -M. Sheng , X. -C. Zhang

We demonstrate photoacoustic wave propagation with a plane wavefront in liquid water using a terahertz (THz) laser pulse. The THz light can effectively generate the photoacoustic wave in water because of strong absorption via a stretching…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-20 Masaaki Tsubouchi , Hiromichi Hoshina , Masaya Nagai , Goro Isoyama

Tracking the excitation of water molecules in the homogeneous liquid is challenging due to the ultrafast dissipation of rotational excitation energy through the hydrogen-bonded network. Here we demonstrate strong transient anisotropy of…

In modern terahertz (THz) sensing and imaging spectroscopy, water is considered a nemesis to be avoided due to strong absorption in the THz frequency range. Here we report the first experimental demonstration and theoretical implications of…

The amplification of a surface electromagnetic wave by means of ultrarelativistic monoenergetic electron bunch running over the flat plasma surface in absence of a magnetic field is studied theoretically. It is shown that when the ratio of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-11-13 S. P. Sadykova , A. A. Rukhadze , T. G. Samkharadze , K. V. Khishchenko

As the terahertz (THz) band emerges as a pivotal technology for next-generation wireless communications, accurate channel modeling in dynamic environments becomes increasingly critical, particularly for scenarios involving reflective…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Yapeng Ge , Jiacheng Liu , Jiayuan Cui , Mingxia Zhang , Wenbo Liu , Peian Li , Houjun Sun , Jianjun Ma

Intense terahertz-frequency pulses induce coherent rotational dynamics and orientation of polar molecular ensembles. Exact numerical methods for rotational dynamics are computationally not feasible for the vast majority of molecular rotors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-14 Shimshon Kallush , Sharly Fleischer

We propose a new mode of operation of an electron pump consisting of two weakly coupled quantum dots connected to reservoirs. An electron can be transferred within the device at zero bias voltage when it is subjected to electromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. L. Hazelzet , M. R. Wegewijs , T. H. Stoof , Yu. V. Nazarov

We are reporting on terahertz generation from organic crystal BNA using a 1.15 to 1.55 um near infrared pump. We observed a very large emission spectrum extending up to 7 THz, compared to 2.5 THz from Ti:Sa pump in previous reports. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-24 Hang Zhao , Yong Tan , Tong Wu , Gunther Steinfeld , Yan Zhang , Cunlin Zhang , Liangliang Zhang , Mostafa Shalaby

Formation of local molecular structures in liquid water is believed to have marked effect on the bulk properties of water, however, resolving such structural motives in an experiment is challenging. This challenge might be handled if the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-07-25 Tobias Kampfrath , Martin Wolf , Mohsen Sajadi

Terahertz communications is a promising modality for future short-range point-to point wireless data transmission at rates up to terabit per second. A milestone towards this goal is the development of an integrated transmitter and receiver…

Dielectric loaded waveguides (DLWs) driven by multicycle terahertz (THz) pulses hold great promise as compact linear accelerators (LINACs) due to their ability to sustain higher breakdown fields at THz frequencies compared to conventional…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Mostafa Vahdani , Moein Fakhari , Franz X. Kaertner