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Main Authors: Cecconi, Vittorio, Thomas, Akash Dominic, Wang, Ji Tong, Lin, Cheng-Han, Dhoot, Anoop, Cutrona, Antonio, Paul, Abhishek, Peters, Luke, Olivieri, Luana, Isgandarov, Elchin, Gongora, Juan Sebastian Totero, Pasquazi, Alessia, Peccianti, Marco
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02889
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author Cecconi, Vittorio
Thomas, Akash Dominic
Wang, Ji Tong
Lin, Cheng-Han
Dhoot, Anoop
Cutrona, Antonio
Paul, Abhishek
Peters, Luke
Olivieri, Luana
Isgandarov, Elchin
Gongora, Juan Sebastian Totero
Pasquazi, Alessia
Peccianti, Marco
author_facet Cecconi, Vittorio
Thomas, Akash Dominic
Wang, Ji Tong
Lin, Cheng-Han
Dhoot, Anoop
Cutrona, Antonio
Paul, Abhishek
Peters, Luke
Olivieri, Luana
Isgandarov, Elchin
Gongora, Juan Sebastian Totero
Pasquazi, Alessia
Peccianti, Marco
contents Spintronic emitters promise to revolutionise terahertz (THz) sources by converting ultrafast optical pulses into broadband THz radiation without phase-matching constraints. Because the conversion relies on spin-current injection across a nanometre-thin magnetic layer, its efficiency is ordinarily limited by weak optical coupling. Here, we present a demonstration of a drop-casting based approach to introduce ultrafast plasmonic-mediated coupling: a sparse-layer of silica-gold core-shell nanoparticles is deposited directly onto a W/Fe/Pt spintronic trilayer. This sparse (six percent) decoration increases the wafer-averaged THz pulse energy, pointing to a very high local conversion enhancement for this low-coverage spintronic emitter compared with the bare stack. This demonstration points to a viable pathway toward highly efficient spintronic terahertz emitters with potential applications in spectroscopy, imaging, and ultrafast technologies.
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spellingShingle Terahertz Emission from Spintronic Stack Nanodecorated with Drop-Cast Core-Shell Plasmonic Nanoparticles
Cecconi, Vittorio
Thomas, Akash Dominic
Wang, Ji Tong
Lin, Cheng-Han
Dhoot, Anoop
Cutrona, Antonio
Paul, Abhishek
Peters, Luke
Olivieri, Luana
Isgandarov, Elchin
Gongora, Juan Sebastian Totero
Pasquazi, Alessia
Peccianti, Marco
Optics
Spintronic emitters promise to revolutionise terahertz (THz) sources by converting ultrafast optical pulses into broadband THz radiation without phase-matching constraints. Because the conversion relies on spin-current injection across a nanometre-thin magnetic layer, its efficiency is ordinarily limited by weak optical coupling. Here, we present a demonstration of a drop-casting based approach to introduce ultrafast plasmonic-mediated coupling: a sparse-layer of silica-gold core-shell nanoparticles is deposited directly onto a W/Fe/Pt spintronic trilayer. This sparse (six percent) decoration increases the wafer-averaged THz pulse energy, pointing to a very high local conversion enhancement for this low-coverage spintronic emitter compared with the bare stack. This demonstration points to a viable pathway toward highly efficient spintronic terahertz emitters with potential applications in spectroscopy, imaging, and ultrafast technologies.
title Terahertz Emission from Spintronic Stack Nanodecorated with Drop-Cast Core-Shell Plasmonic Nanoparticles
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02889