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The field of THz spintronics is a novel direction in the research field of spintronics that combines magnetism with optical physics and ultrafast photonics. The experimental scheme of the field involves the use of femtosecond laser pulses…

Coherent light sources emitting in the terahertz range are highly sought after for fundamental research and applications. THz lasers rely on achieving population inversion. We demonstrate the generation of THz radiation using…

Lightwave-driven terahertz scanning tunnelling microscopy (THz-STM) is capable of exploring ultrafast dynamics across a wide range of materials with angstrom resolution. In contrast to scanning near-field optical microscopy, where photons…

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Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy holds transformative potential for non-invasive sensing, yet characterizing individual nanoparticles in complex biological environments remains challenging due to the far-field diffraction limit. While…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Ricardo Martin Abraham-Ekeroth , Dani Torrent

Terahertz (THz) band has recently garnered significant attention due to its exceptional capabilities in non-invasive, non-destructive sensing, and imaging applications. However, current THz imaging systems encounter substantial challenges…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-23 Shao-Hsuan Wu , Seyed Mostafa Latifi , Chia-Wen Lin , Shang-Hua Yang

Excitation of coherent high-frequency magnons (quanta of spin waves) is critical to the development of high-speed magnonic devices. Here we computationally demonstrate the excitation of coherent sub-terahertz (THz) magnons in ferromagnetic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Shihao Zhuang , Jia-Mian Hu

Recent advancements in spintronics have opened a new avenue in terahertz (THz) radiation sources that may outperform the traditional contact-based metallic counterparts. Inspired by the generation of broadband spintronic THz signals at the…

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We report the coherent generation and detection of terahertz (THz) pulses covering the bandwidth of 0.1-9 THz in a high repetition rate, low pulse energy laser system. In this work we demonstrate the application and evaluation of…

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

Coupling phase-stable single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulses to scanning tunneling microscope (STM) junctions enables spatio-temporal imaging with femtosecond temporal and \r{A}ngstrom spatial resolution. The time resolution achieved in such…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-28 Melanie Müller , Natalia Martín Sabanés , Tobias Kampfrath , Martin Wolf

Spintronic THz emitters (STE) are efficient THz sources constructed using thin heavy-metal (HM) and ferromagnetic-metal (FM) layers. To improve the performance of the STE, different structuring methods (trilayers, stacked bilayers) have…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-19 Yingshu Yang , Stefano Dal Forno , Marco Battiato

Many modern spintronic technologies, such as spin valves, spin Hall applications, and spintronic THz emitters, are based on electrons crossing buried internal interfaces within metallic nanostructures. However, the complex current pathways…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-24 Nicolas S. Beermann , Savio Fabretti , Karsten Rott , Hassan A. Hafez , Günter Reiss , Dmitry Turchinovich

We achieve high detectivity terahertz sensing using a silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator functionalized with a metasurface absorber. High performances are achieved by striking a fine balance between the frequency stability of the…

The recent boost in data transfer rates puts a daring strain on information technology. Sustaining such a growth rate requires the development of sources, detectors and systems working in the so-called TeraHertz (THz) gap covering the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 O. Ly , A. Manchon

Semiconductor nanowire field-effect transistors represent a promising platform for the development of room-temperature (RT) terahertz (THz) frequency light detectors due to the strong nonlinearity of their transfer characteristics and their…

Coherent, continuous-wave, and electrically tunable chip-scale terahertz (THz) sources are critical for emerging applications in sensing, imaging, spectroscopy, communication, space and quantum technologies. Here, we demonstrate a robust…

Spintronic terahertz emitters (STEs) are powerful sources of ultra-broadband single-cycle terahertz (THz) field transients. They work with any pump wavelength, and their polarity and polarization direction are easily adjustable. However, at…

Electromagnetic field confinement is crucial for nanophotonic technologies, since it allows for enhancing light-matter interactions, thus enabling light manipulation in deep sub-wavelength scales. In the terahertz (THz) spectral range,…

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

Intense terahertz (THz) radiation in free space offers multifaceted capabilities for accelerating electron, understanding the mesoscale architecture in (bio)materials, elementary excitation and so on. Recently popularized spintronic THz…