Chiral terahertz lasing with Berry curvature dipoles
arXiv:2312.15142 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.L041003
Abstract
Materials with Berry curvature dipoles (BDs) support a non-Hermitian electro-optic (EO) effect that is investigated here for lasing at terahertz (THz) frequencies. Such a system is here conceived as a stack of low-symmetry 2D materials. We show that a cavity made of such a material supports a nonreciprocal growing mode with elliptical polarization that generates an unstable resonance leading to self-sustained oscillations. Notably, we demonstrate that the chiral nature of the gain derived from the Berry dipole allows for the manipulation of the laser light's handedness by a simple reversal of the electric field bias.
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