A two-dimensional space-time terahertz memory in bulk SrTiO3

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: A two-dimensional space-time terahertz memory in bulk SrTiO3
المؤلفون: Blanchard, F., Nkeck, J. E., Guiramand, L., Zibod, S., Dolgaleva, K., Arikawa, T., Tanaka, K.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Physics - Optics
الوصف: Ferroelectric materials offer unprecedented ultrafast responses and are of great interest for the development of new polarizable media under the influence of an electromagnetic field. Recent research efforts have demonstrated the role of optical excitation and intense terahertz (THz) pulses in inducing a polar order and revealing a hidden phase transition in SrTiO3 (STO), respectively. Here we show that the surface of STO crystals at room temperature act as ultrafast sensors that enable sub-picosecond switching through the Kerr effect and multi-ps recording of polar THz intensity with spatial resolution below the diffraction limit through dipole alignment relaxation. The contrast sensitivity and spatial resolution achieved by in the STO sensor are significantly superior to those of present-day near-field THz sensors based on the linear Pockels effect, and more importantly, its ability to remain polarized for several picoseconds opens the door to a new strategy for building an ultrafast space-time THz memory.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.463730
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11696
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2205.11696
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv