• DocumentCode
    2885917
  • Title

    Terahertz radiation through ultrafast depolarization in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films

  • Author

    Tonouchi, Masayoshi ; Takahashi, Kouhei ; Kida, Noriaki

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel terahertz radiation characteristics is observed a from photoconductive switch fabricated on a multiferroic BiFeO3 thin film via an ultrafast depolarization triggered upon excitation with illumination of femtosecond laser pulses.
  • Keywords
    bismuth compounds; dielectric depolarisation; ferroelectric thin films; high-speed optical techniques; magnetic thin film devices; multiferroics; photoconducting switches; submillimetre wave generation; BiFeO3; carrier excitation; femtosecond laser pulse illumination; multiferroic thin films; photoconductive switch fabrication; terahertz radiation; ultrafast depolarization; Laser excitation; Lighting; Optical films; Optical pulses; Photoconductivity; Pulsed laser deposition; Switches; Temperature; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; (310.6860); (320.7080); (320.7130);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629113
  • Filename
    4629113