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Spintronic terahertz (THz) emitter, which is based on ultrafast spin-to-charge current conversion in ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic heterostructures, provides excellent advantages such as ultra-broadband, tunable polarization, and ultra-thin structure, thereby attracting increasing interests recently. In this review article, we first introduce the fundamental concepts of THz wave, THz spintronics and spintronic THz emitter. Next, we focus on the recent progress of spintronic THz emitter by closely looking at the performances, manipulations and applications. Performance improvement is presented based on the three fundamental processes: optical excitation, ultrafast spin transport, and THz emission. The active manipulation of polarization and spectral response, as well as the relevant applications such as ultra broadband measurements, magnetic structure detection and imaging, and THz near-field microscopy, are reviewed comprehensively. Finally, a brief summary and outlook are given.
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Keywords:
- terahertz (THz) /
- spin current /
- ultrafast spin transport /
- magnetic heterostructure
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图 4 金属-介质光子晶体自旋太赫兹源[34] (a)结构示意图; (b)不同周期样品的飞秒激光吸收率与太赫兹强度随介质层SiO2厚度d的变化; (c)归一化的激光吸收率与太赫兹强度
Figure 4. Metal–dielectric photonic crystal type spintronic THz emitter[34]: (a) Schematic diagram; (b) fs laser absorbance and THz amplitude as the functions of SiO2 thickness d for different repeats; (c) normalized THz amplitude and fs laser absorbance as the functions of SiO2 thickness d for different repeats.
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