Pump-Probe Terahertz On-Chip Signaling (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Pump-Probe Terahertz On-Chip Signaling

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A team headed by the TUM physicists Alexander Holleitner and Reinhard Kienberger has succeeded for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on a chip using metal antennas only a few nanometers in size. Pulses of femtosecond length from the pump laser (left) generate on-chip electric pulses in the terahertz frequency range. With the right laser, the information is read out again.

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Christoph Hohmann / NIM, Holleitner / TUM

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