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1 PublicationEfficient ultrafast field-driven spin current generation for spintronic terahertz frequency conversion
Ilyakov, I.; Brataas, A.; de Oliveira, T.; Ponomaryov, O.; Deinert, J.-C.; Hellwig, O.; Faßbender, J.; Lindner, J.; Salikhov, R.; Kovalev, S.
Abstract
Efficient generation and control of spin currents launched by terahertz (THz) radiation with subsequent ultrafast spin-to-charge conversion is the current challenge for the next-generation of high-speed communication and data processing units. Here, we demonstrate that THz light can efficiently drive coherent angular momentum transfer in nanometer-thick ferromagnet/heavy-metal heterostructures. This process is non-resonant and does neither require external magnetic fields nor cryogenics. The efficiency of this process is more than one order of magnitude higher as compared to the recently observed THz induced spin-pumping in MnF2 antiferromagnet. The coherently driven spin currents originate from the ultrafast spin Seebeck effect, caused by a THz-induced temperature imbalance in electronic and magnonic temperatures and fast relaxation of the electron-phonon system. Owing to the fact that the electron-phonon relaxation time is comparable with the period of a THz wave, the induced spin current results in THz second harmonic generation and THz optical rectification, providing a spintronic basis for THz frequency mixing and rectifying components.
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Nature Communications 14(2023)1, 7010
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42845-8
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