Ultrafast Science, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 0060(2024)

External-Magnetic-Field-Free Spintronic Terahertz Strong-Field Emitter

Shaojie Liu1、†, Zejun Ren2、†, Peng Chen3,4、†, Sai Chen2、†, Mingxuan Zhang2, Zehao Yang2,5, Deyin Kong2,5, Jinguang Wang3, Yifei Li3, Jinglong Ma3, Xin Lu3,4,6, Baolong Zhang7, Zhongkai Liu8, Xiufeng Han3,4, Caihua Wan3、*, Yutong Li3,6、*, Ranjan Singh7, and Xiaojun Wu1,2,5,9、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Cyber Science and Technology, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
  • 2School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.
  • 3Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
  • 4Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • 5Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201204, China.
  • 6Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, China.
  • 7Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
  • 8School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
  • 9Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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    Shaojie Liu, Zejun Ren, Peng Chen, Sai Chen, Mingxuan Zhang, Zehao Yang, Deyin Kong, Jinguang Wang, Yifei Li, Jinglong Ma, Xin Lu, Baolong Zhang, Zhongkai Liu, Xiufeng Han, Caihua Wan, Yutong Li, Ranjan Singh, Xiaojun Wu. External-Magnetic-Field-Free Spintronic Terahertz Strong-Field Emitter[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2024, 4(1): 0060

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Nov. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 1, 2024

    Published Online: Dec. 13, 2024

    The Author Email: Wan Caihua (wancaihua@iphy.ac.cn), Li Yutong (ytli@iphy.ac.cn), Wu Xiaojun (xiaojunwu@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0060

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