• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 7, Issue 2, 026007 (2025)
Qing Yang1, Yan Huang1, Houyi Cheng1,2, Reza Rouzegar3..., Renyou Xu1, Shijie Xu1,2, Jie Zhang1,4, Fan Zhang1,2, Yong Xu1,2,4, Lianggong Wen1,5, Weisheng Zhao1,2,4,5 and Tianxiao Nie1,2,4,5,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beihang University, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Spintronics, Beijing, China
  • 2Beihang University, Hefei Innovation Research Institute, Hefei, China
  • 3Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Physics, Berlin, Germany
  • 4Beihang University, Institute of International Innovation, National Key Lab of Spintronics, Hangzhou, China
  • 5Beihang University, Qingdao Innovation Research Institute, Qingdao, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.7.2.026007 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Qing Yang, Yan Huang, Houyi Cheng, Reza Rouzegar, Renyou Xu, Shijie Xu, Jie Zhang, Fan Zhang, Yong Xu, Lianggong Wen, Weisheng Zhao, Tianxiao Nie, "Broadband polarization spectrum tuning enabled by the built-in electric field of patterned spintronic terahertz emitters," Adv. Photon. 7, 026007 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Flexible manipulation of chiral terahertz electromagnetic waves holds substantial potential for a wide range of applications, such as terahertz circular dichroism spectroscopy in biomaterials analysis, ultrafast electron bunch manipulation, high-speed wireless communication, and imaging. However, the development of tunable terahertz polarization modulation has been impeded by the lack of terahertz flexible manipulation measures at room temperature. We demonstrate an innovative element based on patterned spintronic terahertz sources, which can achieve efficient and great flexibility in polarization adjustment. The contributory effect of built-in electric fields on chiral terahertz waves is experimentally revealed by arranging different periodical microscale stripes, and swift polarization switching among linear, elliptical, and circular states is achieved by rotating ferromagnetic heterostructures. Notably, the ellipticity of the circle polarization state remains above 0.85 over a broadband terahertz bandwidth (from 0.74 to 1.66 THz). Furthermore, various polarization states dependent on geometry and azimuth angles provide insight into the physical mechanism of terahertz modulation by the built-in electric field. These findings contribute to the development of novel multifunctional terahertz devices, which pave the way to implement on-chip tunable terahertz polarization spectroscopy applications in biomedical detection and high-speed communication.
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    Qing Yang, Yan Huang, Houyi Cheng, Reza Rouzegar, Renyou Xu, Shijie Xu, Jie Zhang, Fan Zhang, Yong Xu, Lianggong Wen, Weisheng Zhao, Tianxiao Nie, "Broadband polarization spectrum tuning enabled by the built-in electric field of patterned spintronic terahertz emitters," Adv. Photon. 7, 026007 (2025)
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