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Antiferromagnetic $\mathrm{L1_2}$-$\mathrm{Mn_3Ir}$ combines outstanding spin-transport properties with magnons in the terahertz (THz) frequency range. However, the THz radiation emitted by ultrafast spin-to-charge conversion via the…

Metallic spintronic THz emitters have become well-established for offering ultra-broadband, gap-less THz emission in a variety of excitation regimes, in combination with reliable fabrication and excellent scalability. However, so far, their…

The spin Hall effect is a phenomenon that an electric field induces a spin Hall current. In this Letter, we examine the inverse effect that, in a ferromagnetic conductor, a charge Hall current is induced by a spin motive force, or a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Junya Shibata , Hiroshi Kohno

The inductance of spintronic devices that transport charge neutral spin currents is discussed. It is known that in a media that contains charge neutral spins, a time-varying electric field induces a spin current. We show that since the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Wei Chen

Microscopic origins of charge currents and electromagnetic (EM) radiation generated by them in spintronic THz emitters -- such as, femtosecond laser pulse-driven single magnetic layer or its heterostructures with a nonmagnetic layer hosting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Ali Kefayati , Branislav K. Nikolic

Spintronic Terahertz Emitters (STE) represent a significant advancement in source technology, exploiting the ultrafast demagnetization process of spin-electrons to unveil a 30THz wide, gapless spectrum, accessible through femtosecond lasers…

Simultaneous measurements of THz wave and hard X-ray emission from thin and flat water flow when irradiated by double femtosecond laser pulses (800 nm, 35 fs, transform-limited, 0.5 kHz, delay times up to 15 ns) were carried out at the…

Pumping of charge current by spin dynamics in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is theoretically studied. Considering disordered electron, the exchange coupling and spin-orbit interactions are treated perturbatively. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun-ichiro Ohe , Akihito Takeuchi , Gen Tatara

In spinelectronics the spin degree of freedom is used to transmit and store information. Ideally this occurs without net charge currents in order to avoid energy dissipation due to Joule heating. To this end the ability to create pure spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-27 Dahai Wei , Martin Obstbaum , Christian Back , Georg Woltersdorf

Exploration of spin-currents in organic semiconductors (OSECs) induced by resonant microwave absorption in ferromagnetic substrates has been of great interest for potential spintronics applications. Due to the inherently weak spin-orbit…

Topological insulator materials have been extensively studied in the field of condensed matter physics because nontrivial topology in the electronic state gives rise to a novel spin-polarized Dirac dispersion on the surface. To describe the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-31 Yoshito Onishi , Zhi Ren , Mario Novak , Kouji Segawa , Yoichi Ando , Koichiro Tanaka

Metallic bilayer structures have been shown to emit strong terahertz (THz) pulses. We present a predictive multiscale mode that simulates optically induced spin-currents in a Fe/Pt-heterostructure and the emitted electric field. Electronic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Dennis M. Nenno , Rolf Binder , Hans Christian Schneider

Spintronic terahertz emitters are novel, broadband and efficient sources of terahertz radiation, which emerged at the intersection of ultrafast spintronics and terahertz photonics. They are based on efficient spin-current generation,…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-04 Tom S. Seifert , Liang Cheng , Zhengxing Wei , Tobias Kampfrath , Jingbo Qi

We report electrical detection of the dynamical part of the spin pumping current emitted during ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) using the inverse Spin Hall Effect (ISHE). The experiment is performed on a YIG$|$Pt bilayer. The choice of YIG, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 Christian Hahn , Grégoire de Loubens , Michel Viret , Vladimir V. Naletov , J. Ben Youssef , Olivier Klein

Terahertz electromagnetic radiation is extremely useful for numerous applications such as imaging and spectroscopy. Therefore, it is highly desirable to have an efficient table-top emitter covering the 1-to-30-THz window whilst being driven…

We report a THz emitter with excellent performances based on nonmagnetic (NM) and ferromagnetic (FM) heterostructures. The spin currents are first excited by the femtosecond laser beam in the NM/FM bilayer, and then transient charge…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-25 Yang Wu , Mehrdad Elyasi , Xuepeng Qiu , Mengji Chen , Yang Liu , Lin Ke , Hyunsoo Yang

The polarization of the spin current pumped by a precessing ferromagnet into an adjacent normal metal has a constant component parallel to the precession axis and a rotating one normal to the magnetization. The former component is now…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-03 HuJun Jiao , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

Spintronic ferromagnetic/non-magnetic heterostructures are novel sources for the generation of THz radiation based on spin-to-charge conversion in the layers. The key technological and scientific challenge of THz spintronic emitters is to…

Charge-to-spin conversion in various material systems is the key for the fundamental understanding of spin-orbitronis as well as the development of efficient means to manipulate the magnetization. We report the direct spatial imaging of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Yang Liu , Jean Besbas , Yi Wang , Pan He , Mengji Chen , Dapeng Zhu , Yang Wu , Jong Min Lee , Lan Wang , Jisoo Moon , Nikesh Koirala , Seongshik Oh , Hyunsoo Yang

We describe an intrinsic spin-Hall effect in $n$-type bulk zinc-blende semiconductors with topological origin. When electron transport is confined to a waveguide structure, and the applied electric field is such that the spins of electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 T. Fujita , M. B. A. Jalil , S. G. Tan