THz generation via optical rectification from multiferroic BiFeO3

Talbayev, Diyar; Taylor, Antoinette J

doi:10.1063/1.3036526

Title: THz generation via optical rectification from multiferroic BiFeO3

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2008 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3036526· OSTI ID:960631

Talbayev, Diyar ^[1]; Taylor, Antoinette J ^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory

We detected broadband coherent terahertz (THz) emission from multiferroic BiFeO{sub 3} after illuminating a high-quality bulk single ferroelectric domain crystal with a {approx}100 fs optical pulse. The dependence of the emitted THz waveform on the energy and polarization of the optical pulse is consistent with the optical rectification mechanism of THz emission. The THz emission provides a sensitive probe of the electric polarization state of BiFeO{sub 3}, enabling applications in ferroelectric memories and ferroelectric domain imaging. We also report room-temperature THz optical constants of BiFeO{sub 3}.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 960631

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-08-05555; LA-UR-08-5555; APPLAB; TRN: US201006%%1265

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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