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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…

We have realized a microstrip based THz near field cantilever which enables quantitative measurements of the impedance of the probe tip at THz frequencies (0.3 THz). A key feature is the on-chip balanced hybrid coupler which serves as an…

In spintronic terahertz emitters, THz radiation is generated by exciting an ultrafast spin current through femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic-nonmagnetic metallic heterostructure. Although an extensive phenomenological…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-22 Francesco Foggetti , Peter M. Oppeneer

Spintronic terahertz (THz) emitters (STE) based on the inverse spin Hall effect in ferromagnetic/heavy metal (FM/HM) heterostructures have become important sources for THz pulse generation. The design, materials and control of these…

We developed a coherent frequency-domain THz spectroscopic technique on a coplanar waveguide in the ultrabroad frequency range from 200 MHz to 1.6 THz based on continuous wave (CW) laser spectroscopy. Optical beating created by mixing two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Katsumasa Yoshioka , Norio Kumada , Koji Muraki , Masayuki Hashisaka

The electronic wavefunctions in moir\'e materials are highly sensitive to the details of the local atomic configuration enabling Bloch band geometry and topology to be controlled by stacking and strain. Here we predict that large injection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Arpit Arora , Jian Feng Kong , Justin C. W. Song

For realization the new functional materials and devices by conductive nanomaterials, how to control and realize the optimum networks structures are import point for fundamental, applied and industrial science. In this manuscript, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-11 Takahiro Morimoto , Seisuke Ata , Takeo Yamada , Toshiya Okazaki

The terahertz (THz) spectral domain offers a myriad of applications spanning chemical spectroscopy, medicine, security and imaging[1]. It has also recently become a playground for fundamental studies of light-matter interactions [2-6]. THz…

The notion of decoupling of spin and charge currents is one of the basic principles underlying the rapidly expanding feld of Spintronics. However, no direct demonstration of the phenomenon exists. We report a novel measurement, in which a…

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Significant progress has been made in answering fundamental questions about how and, more importantly, on what time scales interactions between electrons, spins, and phonons occur in solid state materials. These complex interactions are…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-02 Weipeng Wu , Charles Yaw Ameyaw , Matthew F. Doty , M. Benjamin Jungfleisch

Linear terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is a sensitive probe for material characterization including thickness measurements of thin layers. These applications critically rely on a sufficiently large bandwidth, which is not…

A profound understanding of terahertz (THz) spin and charge currents in heterostructures involving ferromagnets (FMs) and two-dimensional (2D) materials promises emerging applications in high-speed sensing and data processing. Yet,…

We combine low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy, CO functionalized tips and algorithmic data analysis to investigate the electronic structure of the molecular cycloarene C108 (graphene nanoring) adsorbed on a Au(111) surface. We…

Nonlinear terahertz (THz) spectroscopy relies on the interaction of matter with few-cycle THz pulses of electric field amplitudes up to megavolts/centimeter (MV/cm). In condensed-phase molecular systems, both resonant interactions with…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Klaus Reimann , Michael Woerner , Thomas Elsaesser

Spin current flowing between femtosecond laser pulse (fsLP)-driven ferromagnetic metal and adjacent normal metal (NM) hosting strong spin-orbit coupling is invariably invoked to explain terahertz (THz) radiation believed to be emitted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Ali Kefayati , Yafei Ren , M. Benjamin Jungfleisch , Lars Gundlach , John Q. Xiao , Branislav K. Nikolic

Femtosecond laser excitation of a Co/Pt bilayer results in the efficient emission of picosecond THz pulses. Two known mechanisms for generating THz emission are spin-polarized currents through a Co/Pt interface, resulting in…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-08-28 G. Li , R. Medapalli , R. V. Mikhaylovskiy , F. E. Spada , Th. Rasing , E. E. Fullerton , A. V. Kimel

Recently, computational sampling methods have been implemented to spatially characterize terahertz (THz) fields. Previous methods usually rely on either specialized THz devices such as THz spatial light modulators, or complicated systems…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-19 Jiapeng Zhao , Yiwen E , Kaia Williams , Xi-cheng Zhang , Robert Boyd

THz generation from femtosecond photoexcited spintronic heterostructures has recently become a versatile tool for investigating ultrafast spin-transport and transient charge-current in a non-contact and non-invasive manner. The same from…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-12 Sandeep Kumar , Sunil Kumar

We show that the drift-diffusion mechanism in a normal-metal layer in combination with the resonance electron-magnon interactions at ferromagnet-normal interface of F-N-F heterostucture creates spatial instability modes and, out of these…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-11 Pavel Levin

Efficient chip-scale interconnects are essential for modern microelectronic-photonic systems, supporting high bandwidth and low-latency processing. Traditional wired links face high resistivity and latency, while millimeter-wave wireless…