Low power efficiency is one of the main problems of THz sources, colloquially known as the THz gap. In this work we present prototypes of THz devices based on whisker-crystals of a hightemperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d with a record high radiation power efficiency of 12% at a frequency of 4 THz. We employ various on- and off-chip detection techniques and, in particular, use the radiative cooling phenomenon for accurate evaluation of the emission power. We argue that such devices can be used for creation of tunable, monochromatic, continuous-wave, compact and power-efficient THz sources.
Terahertz pulse-driven collective mode in the nematic superconducting state of Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$
利用太赫兹光研究了铁基超导体Ba $_{1-x}$ K $_x$ Fe $_2$ As $_2$.在超导状态下,观察到太赫兹克尔信号,并将其分配给超导自由度的非线性太赫兹耦合。太赫兹克尔信号的偏振依赖性对双阶的共存非常敏感。在没有三阶的情况下,太赫兹克尔信号的$C_4$对称偏振依赖性与超导凝聚体的Higgs振幅模式的耦合是一致的。在共存的超导态和超导态的信号成为纯粹的超导与消失的$C_4$对称分量,信号的出现,一个新的超导集体模式激活的向列性。
Terahertz imaging system with on-chip superconducting Josephson plasma emitters for nondestructive testing
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)(产业技术综合研究所);James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow(格拉斯哥大学詹姆斯·瓦特工程学院);Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba(筑波大学理工学群)
Systematic modulation of superconducting gap dynamics in YBCO|BNT|YBCO Josephson Junctions through THz field interaction and BNT ferroelectric barrier
Chiang Mai University(清迈大学);Universität Stuttgart(斯图加特大学);University of Zambia(赞比亚大学);Khon Kaen University(孔敬大学);Institute of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation for Energy (IN-RIE), Research Network of NANOTEC- KKU (RNN)(纳米材料研究与能源创新研究所(IN-RIE),NANOTEC-孔敬大学研究网络(RNN));University of Macau(澳门大学);Macau University of Science and Technology(澳门科技大学)
Imaging superconducting weak spots through vortex-assisted THz near-field photovoltage
ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology(光子科学研究所,巴塞罗那科学技术研究院);University of Antwerp(安特卫普大学);Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame(圣母大学物理与天文学系斯塔夫罗普洛斯复杂量子物质中心);Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory(阿贡国家实验室纳米材料中心);Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University(斯坦福大学盖巴尔高级材料实验室);Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(SLAC国家加速器实验室斯坦福材料与能源科学研究所);Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University(斯坦福大学应用物理系);Department of Physics, Stanford University(斯坦福大学物理系);ICREA – Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats(加泰罗尼亚研究高级学院)
Contactless terahertz mapping of wafer-scale superconducting NbTiN thin films
Universität Stuttgart(斯图加特大学);Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Universität Stuttgart(斯图加特大学集成量子科学与技术中心);Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13), Forschungszentrum Jülich(于利希研究中心功能量子系统研究所)
Tracing the $s_\pm$-symmetry in iron pnictides by controlled disorder
连续质子辐照使铁的超导转变温度单调下降。我们对Ba(Fe $_{0.9}$ Co $_{0.1}$)$_2$ As $_2$薄膜的系统光学太赫兹研究揭示,然而,低能超导能隙首先被抑制,但在较高的辐照剂量下恢复。与此同时,超流体密度随无序度的下降也停止了。这些观察结果与理论计算非常吻合,理论计算预测了无序诱导的序参量从$s_{\pm}$到$s_{++}$对称性的转变。因此,我们解决了长期以来的困惑铁pnictides间隙对称性有利于$s_{\pm}$对称性和证明太赫兹光谱作为一种工具,以确定超导序参量的对称性。
Enhanced coherent terahertz emission from critical superconducting fluctuations in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.6}$
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter(马克斯·普朗克物质结构动力学研究所);Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research(马克斯·普朗克固体的研究学会);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学);Harvard University(哈佛大学);ETH Zurich(苏黎世联邦理工学院);University of Oxford(牛津大学)
Low-Gap Hf-HfOx-Hf Josephson Junctions for meV-Scale Particle Detection
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室分子发现中心);Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室);University of California Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校)