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The ability to drive a spin system to state far from the equilibrium is indispensable for investigating spin structures of antiferromagnets and their functional nonlinearities for spintronics. While optical methods have been considered for…

Helical metals realized at the surfaces of topological insulators have recently attracted wide attention due to their potential applications in spintronics. In this paper we propose to realize helical metals through the application of THz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-09 Teemu Ojanen , Takuya Kitagawa

The efficiency of ultrafast excitation of spins in antiferromagnetic $\mathrm{\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}}$ using nearly single-cycle THz pulse is studied as a function of the polarization of the THz pulse and the sample temperature. Above the Morin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-07-21 K. Grishunin , E. A. Mashkovich , A. M. Balbashov , A. K. Zvezdin , A. V. Kimel

The growing market for sensors, internet of things, and wearable devices is fueling the development of low-cost energy-harvesting materials and systems. Film based thermoelectric (TE) devices offer the ability to address the energy…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-20 Nagaraj Nandihalli

We demonstrate theoretically that ultrafast heating of metal nanoparticles by the laser pulse should lead to the generation of coherent terahertz (THz) radiation during the heat redistribution process. It is shown that after the femtosecond…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-22 Daniil Fadeev , Ivan Oladyshkin , Vyacheslav Mironov

A multi-element interdigitated photoconductive emitter for broadband THz polarization rotation is proposed and experimentally verified. The device consists of separate pixels for the emission of horizontally and vertically polarized THz…

Topological insulators (TIs) hold promise as a platform for spintronics applications due to the fascinating spin-momentum locking (SML) of the surface states. One particular interest lies in using TIs as spin-polarized sources for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-25 Chuanchang Zeng , Xiao-Qin Yu , Zhi-Ming Yu , Yugui Yao

The spin- and energy-dependent interface reflectivity of a ferromagnetic (FM) film in contact with a nonmagnetic (NM) film is calculated using a first-principles transport method and incorporated into the superdiffusive spin transport model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Wen-Tian Lu , Yawen Zhao , Marco Battiato , Yizheng Wu , Zhe Yuan

The use of the THz frequency domain in future network generations offers an unparalleled level of capacity, which can enhance innovative applications in wireless communication, analytics, and imaging. Communication technologies rely on…

High-power multi-color terahertz (THz) radiation exhibits extraordinary scientific application prospects at various scientific frontiers, for its capacity to deliver THz excitation at multiple frequencies simultaneously. However, the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Yin Kang , Weiyi Yin , Xianzhe Li , Yixuan Liu , Yue Wang , Yuan Ma , Kaiqing Zhang , Chao Feng

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

Terahertz (THz) structured fields comprising separable and nonseparable spin and orbital angular momentum states offer unique opportunities for light-matter interactions in chiral media and material systems containing topological electronic…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-14 Yaqun Liu , Valdas Pasiskevicius

The effect of interface scattering on the performance of disordered, nanocomposite thermoelectric materials is studied theoretically using effective medium theory and direct numerics. The interfacial electronic and phonon scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-24 Paul M. Haney

The two-dimensional (2D) materials are highly susceptible to the influence of their neighbors, thereby enabling the design by proximity phenomena. We reveal a remarkable terahertz (THz) spin-light interaction in 2D Dirac materials that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Konstantin S. Denisov , Igor V. Rozhansky , Sergio O. Valenzuela , Igor Žutić

Strong optical pulses at mid-infrared and terahertz frequencies have recently emerged as a powerful tool to manipulate and control the solid state and especially complex condensed matter systems with strongly correlated electrons. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-22 Daniele Nicoletti , Andrea Cavalleri

We study the enhancement of third harmonic generation in indium tin oxide nanolayers coupled to Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs). The TPPs are excited at the interface between a thin gold mirror and a silicon dioxide/silicon nitride…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-03 Tornike Shubitidze , Smridhi Chawla , Luca Dal Negro

Chip-based terahertz (THz) devices are emerging as versatile tools for manipulating mm-wave frequencies in the context of integrated high-speed communication technologies for potential sixth-generation (6G) wireless applications. The…

Spintronics, an evolving interdisciplinary field at the intersection of magnetism and electronics, explores innovative applications of electron charge and spin properties for advanced electronic devices. The topological Hall effect, a key…

The efficient modulation and control of ultrafast signals on-chip is of central importance in terahertz (THz) communications and a promising route toward sub-diffraction limit THz spectroscopy. Two-dimensional (2D) materials may provide a…

Using the tilted-pulse-intensity-front scheme, we generate single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulses by optical rectification of femtosecond laser pulses in LiNbO3. In the THz generation setup, the condition that the image of the grating…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-27 H. Hirori , A. Doi , F. Blanchard , K. Tanaka