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Acoustic Control of Polarization in a Spintronic THz Emitter

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Stroboscopic control of polarization of THz radiation generated by femtosecond laser pulses in a spintronic source under acoustic resonance is investigated using numeric simulation methods. A possibility of changing the polarization direction of THz pulses by controlling the delay time between the acoustic oscillation triggering pulses and the laser pumping pulses is demonstrated with a composite multiferroic in the form of a TbCo2/FeCo magnetostrictive intermetallic heterostructure on a ferroelectric lead magnesium niobate–lead titanate (PMN-PT) substrate. It is shown that excitation of resonant oscillations by an alternating voltage of 0.15 V can allow controlling THz polarization in the range of up to 54° by stepless variation and up to 78° by stepped variation.

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The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-12-00276.

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Preobrazhensky, V.L., Krutyansky, L.M. Acoustic Control of Polarization in a Spintronic THz Emitter. Phys. Wave Phen. 30, 265–269 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X22040069

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