• DocumentCode
    2791998
  • Title

    THz radiation from optically-induced magnetization in GaAs

  • Author

    Newson, Ryan W. ; Hübner, Jens ; Van Driel, Henry M. ; Nastos, F. ; Sipe, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics and Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St George St, ON, M5S1A7, Canada
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A transient magnetization is induced in a semiconductor via optical spin injection by 100 fs, 800 nm circularly polarized pulses. The weak emitted THz radiation is identified against that from a much stronger photogalvanic source.
  • Keywords
    Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Magnetization; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical retarders; Spin polarized transport; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431616
  • Filename
    4431616