Picosecond carrier dynamics in indium antimonide (InSb) following excitation by below-bandgap broadband far infrared radiation were investigated at 200 K and 80 K. Using a novel THz-pump/THz-probe scheme with pump THz fields of 100 kV/cm and an intensity of 100 MW/cm^2, we observed carrier heating and impact ionization. The number of carriers produced exceeds 10^16 cm-3, corresponding to a change in carrier density Delta N/N of 700% at 80K. The onset of a well defined absorption peak at 1.2 THz is an indication of changes in LO and LA phonon populations due to cooling of the hot electrons.
Terahertz frequency upconversion by coherently driving charge dynamics in the InSb/CdTe heterostructure
Tsinghua University(清华大学);Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所);Peking University(北京大学);ShanghaiTech University(上海科技大学);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学)
Spin injection efficiency at metallic interfaces probed by THz emission spectroscopy
太赫兹(THz)自旋-电荷转换已经成为产生THz脉冲的一个越来越重要的过程,并作为探测磁界面处超快自旋相互作用的工具。然而,它与传统的稳态铁磁共振技术的关系却知之甚少。在这里,我们调查纳米三层的Co/X/Pt(X=Ti,Au或Au 0:85 W 0:15)作为“X”层厚度的函数,其中由逆自旋霍尔效应产生的太赫兹发射相比,吉尔伯特阻尼的铁磁共振。通过插入的“X”层,我们表明,注入非磁性层的超快自旋电流定义了一个直接的自旋电导,而吉尔伯特阻尼导致一个有效的自旋混合电导的三层。重要的是,我们表明,这两个参数是相互连接的,自旋记忆损失可以通过一个有效的哈密顿与Rashba字段建模。这项工作突出了磁路概念可以成功地扩展到超快自旋电子器件,以及通过超快THz光谱和稳态技术之间的互补性增强对自旋电荷转换过程的理解。
Spin-to-charge-current conversion in altermagnetic candidate RuO$_2$ probed by terahertz emission spectroscopy
Charles University(查理大学);Freie Universität Berlin(柏林自由大学);Czech Academy of Science(捷克科学院);Bielefeld University(比勒费尔德大学);Universität Würzburg(维尔茨堡大学);Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)(巴塞罗那材料科学研究所);Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(加泰罗尼亚纳米科学与技术研究所);University of Nottingham(诺丁汉大学)
Boson peak and medium-range elastic heterogeneity in calcium silicate hydrate probed by terahertz spectroscopy and low-temperature calorimetry
College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology(北京工业大学建筑与土木工程学院);Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大连化学物理研究所);School of Environment and Safety Engineering, North University of China(中北大学环境与安全工程学院);Department of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology(太原理工大学土木工程学院);State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院力学研究所非线性力学国家重点实验室);School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University(东南大学材料科学与工程学院);College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University(深圳大学土木与交通工程学院);Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology(澳门科技大学创新工程学院)