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20092023
most citedEfficient metallic spintronic emitters of ultrabroadband terahertz radiation

947 citations · 4.5k across the 50 of their papers we have counts for

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55 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 17 cited

Accessing ultrafast spin-transport dynamics in copper using broadband terahertz spectroscopy

Jiří Jechumtál, Reza Rouzegar, Oliver Gueckstock +10

We study the spatiotemporal dynamics of ultrafast electron spin transport across nanometer-thick copper layers using broadband terahertz spectroscopy. Our analysis of temporal dela…

physics.optics2023

Quartz as an Accurate High-Field Low-Cost THz Helicity Detector

Maximilian Frenzel, Joanna M. Urban, Leona Nest +3

The advent of high-field THz sources has opened the field of nonlinear THz physics and unlocked access to fundamental low energy excitations for ultrafast material control. Recent…

physics.app-ph2023

Shaping THz emission spectra by using sub-wavelength nanopatterned spintronic THz emitters

Bikash Das-Mohapatra, Reza Rouzegar, Evangelos Th. Papaioannou +2

We show in theory and experiment that in periodically patterned spintronic THz emitters (STE), charge dynamics can modify the emission spectrum in a well-controlled way. Characteri…

physics.optics2023★ 2 cited

Broadband spintronic detection of the absolute field strength of terahertz electromagnetic pulses

A. L. Chekhov, Y. Behovits, U. Martens +5

We demonstrate detection of broadband intense terahertz electromagnetic pulses by Zeeman-torque sampling (ZTS). Our approach is based on magneto-optic probing of the Zeeman torque…

physics.app-ph2023★ 2 cited

Terahertz spin conductance probes of coherent and incoherent spin tunneling through MgO tunnel junctions

R. Rouzegar, M. A. Wahada, A. L. Chekhov +9

We study femtosecond spin currents through MgO tunneling barriers in CoFeB(2 nm)|MgO()|Pt(2 nm) stacks by terahertz emission spectroscopy. To obtain transport information indepe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 46 cited

Nonlinear terahertz Néel spin-orbit torques in antiferromagnetic MnAu

Yannic Behovits, Alexander L. Chekhov, Stanislav Yu. Bodnar +8

Antiferromagnets have large potential for ultrafast coherent switching of magnetic order with minimum heat dissipation. In novel materials such as MnAu and CuMnAs, electric rat…

physics.optics2023

Fiber-tip spintronic terahertz emitters

Felix Paries, Nicolas Tiercelin, Geoffrey Lezier +12

Spintronic terahertz emitters promise terahertz sources with an unmatched broad frequency bandwidth that are easy to fabricate and operate, and therefore easy to scale at low cost.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 46 cited

Nonlinear THz Control of the Lead Halide Perovskite Lattice

Maximilian Frenzel, Marie Cherasse, Joanna M. Urban +9

Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have emerged as an excellent class of semiconductors for next-generation solar cells and optoelectronic devices. Tailoring physical properties by fin…

physics.app-ph2023★ 134 cited

Time-domain observation of ballistic orbital-angular-momentum currents with giant relaxation length in tungsten

Tom S. Seifert, Dongwook Go, Hiroki Hayashi +5

The emerging field of orbitronics exploits the electron orbital momentum . Compared to spin-polarized electrons, may allow magnetic-information transfera w…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 2 cited

Manipulating THz Spin Current Dynamics by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Antiferromagnetic Hematite

Hongsong Qiu, Tom Sebastian Seifert, Lin Huang +12

An important vision of modern magnetic research is to use antiferromagnets as controllable and active ultrafast components in spintronic devices. Hematite is a promising model mate…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Terahertz spin-to-charge current conversion in stacks of ferromagnets and the transition-metal dichalcogenide NbSe

Lukáš Nádvorník, Oliver Gueckstock, Lukas Braun +16

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are an aspiring class of materials with unique electronic and optical properties and potential applications in spin-based electronics. Here…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Emission of coherent THz magnons in an antiferromagnetic insulator triggered by ultrafast spin-phonon interactions

E. Rongione, O. Gueckstock, M. Mattern +17

Antiferromagnetic materials have been proposed as new types of narrowband THz spintronic devices owing to their ultrafast spin dynamics. Manipulating coherently their spin dynamics…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Circular photogalvanic effects in topological insulator/ferromagnet hybrid structures

T. Schumann, T. Kleinke, L. Braun +12

We study laser driven spin-current effects at ferromagnet/topological-insulator interfaces by two complementary experimental approaches. The DC photocurrent is studied in ferromagn…

physics.optics2022★ 33 cited

Average power scaling of THz spintronic emitters in reflection geometry

Tim Vogel, Alan Omar, Samira Mansourzadeh +10

Metallic spintronic THz emitters have become well-established for offering ultra-broadband, gap-less THz emission in a variety of excitation regimes, in combination with reliable f…

physics.optics2021★ 130 cited

Spintronic Sources of Ultrashort Terahertz Electromagnetic Pulses

Tom S. Seifert, Liang Cheng, Zhengxing Wei +2

Spintronic terahertz emitters are novel, broadband and efficient sources of terahertz radiation, which emerged at the intersection of ultrafast spintronics and terahertz photonics.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 26 cited

Spin-voltage-driven efficient terahertz spin currents from the magnetic Weyl semimetals CoMnGa and CoMnAl

Genaro Bierhance, Anastasios Markou, Oliver Gueckstock +7

Magnetic Weyl semimetals are an emerging material class that combines magnetic order and a topologically non-trivial band structure. Here, we study ultrafast optically driven spin…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 32 cited

Transition of laser-induced terahertz spin currents from torque- to conduction-electron-mediated transport

Pilar Jiménez-Cavero, Oliver Gueckstock, Lukáš Nádvorník +16

Spin transport is crucial for future spintronic devices operating at bandwidths up to the terahertz (THz) range. In F|N thin-film stacks made of a ferro/ferrimagnetic layer F and a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 20 cited

Impact of gigahertz and terahertz transport regimes on spin propagation and conversion in the antiferromagnet IrMn

Oliver Gueckstock, Rafael L. Seeger, Tom S. Seifert +7

Control over spin transport in antiferromagnetic systems is essential for future spintronic applications with operational speeds extending to ultrafast time scales. Here, we study…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 1 cited

Atomic scale control of spin current transmission at interfaces

Mohamed Amine Wahada, Ersoy Sasioglu, Wolfgang Hoppe +7

Spin transmission at ferromagnet/heavy metal interfaces is of vital importance for many spintronic devices. Usually the spin current transmission is limited by the spin mixing cond…

physics.app-ph2021

Optically gated terahertz-field-driven switching of antiferromagnetic CuMnAs

J. J. F. Heitz, L. Nádvorník, V. Balos +11

We show scalable and complete suppression of the recently reported terahertz-pulse-induced switching between different resistance states of antiferromagnetic CuMnAs thin films by u…

physics.optics2021★ 2 cited

Ultrafast demagnetization of iron induced by optical vs terahertz pulses

A. L. Chekhov, Y. Behovits, J. J. F. Heitz +7

We study ultrafast magnetization quenching of ferromagnetic iron following excitation by an optical vs a terahertz pump pulse. While the optical pump (photon energy of 3.1 eV) indu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 16 cited

Theory of spin-Hall magnetoresistance in the AC (terahertz) regime

David A. Reiss, Tobias Kampfrath, Piet W. Brouwer

In bilayers consisting of a normal metal (N) with spin-orbit coupling and a ferromagnet (F), the combination of the spin-Hall effect, the spin-transfer torque, and the inverse spin…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021

Laser-induced terahertz spin transport in magnetic nanostructures arises from the same force as ultrafast demagnetization

R. Rouzegar, L. Brandt, L. Nadvornik +9

Laser-induced terahertz spin transport (TST) and ultrafast demagnetization (UDM) are central but so far disconnected phenomena in femtomagnetism and terahertz spintronics. Here, we…

physics.app-ph2020★ 1 cited

Enhanced THz emission from spintronic Fe/Pt emitters through crystal growth optimization

Agne Ciuciulkaite, Oliver Gueckstock, Anna Ravensburg +6

We investigate the THz emission characteristics of ferromagnetic/non-magnetic metallic heterostructures, focusing on thin Fe/Pt bilayers. In particular, we report on the impact of…