Efficient Orbitronic Terahertz Emission Based on CoPt Alloy

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 36(2024), 36 vom: 01. Sept., Seite e2404174
1. Verfasser: Liu, Yongshan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Xu, Yong, Fert, Albert, Jaffrès, Henri-Yves, Nie, Tianxiao, Eimer, Sylvain, Zhang, Xiaoqiang, Zhao, Weisheng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article ballistic decoherence length efficient orbital terahertz emitter orbital‐to‐charge conversion
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Zusammenfassung:© 2024 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.
Orbitronic devices operate by manipulating orbitally polarized currents. Recent studies have shown that these orbital currents can be excited by femtosecond laser pulses in a ferromagnet such as Ni and converted into ultrafast charge currents via orbital-to-charge conversion. However, the terahertz emission from orbitronic terahertz emitters based on Ni is still much weaker than that of the typical spintronic terahertz emitter. Here, this work reports a more efficient light-induced generation of orbital current from a CoPt alloy, and the terahertz emission from CoPt/Cu/MgO is comparable to that of benchmark spintronic terahertz emitters. By varying the composition of the CoPt alloy, the thickness of Cu, and the capping layer, this work confirms that THz emission primarily originates from the orbital accumulation generated within CoPt, propagating through Cu, followed by subsequent orbital-to-charge conversion due to the inverse orbital Rashba-Edelstein effect at the Cu/MgO interface. This study provides strong evidence for the efficient orbital current generation in CoPt alloy, paving the way for efficient orbital terahertz emitters
Beschreibung:Date Revised 18.09.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202404174