2020
DOI: 10.1063/1.5133116
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Phonon-induced near-field resonances in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films at infrared and THz wavelengths

Abstract: Multiferroic BiFeO 3 (BFO) shows several phonon modes at infrared (IR) to THz energies, which are expected to carry information on any sample property coupled to crystal lattice vibrations. While macroscopic IR studies of BFO are often limited by single-crystal size, scatteringtype scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) allows for IR thin film spectroscopy of nanoscopic probing volumes with negligible direct substrate contribution to the optical signal. In fact, polaritons such as phonon polaritons of… Show more

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“…Free Electron Lasers (FEL) offer the advantage of broad continuous tunability combined with an extremely narrow spectral bandwidth (~ 0.5 -2.5 % FWHM). The higher spectral brightness of the FEL compensates for the reduced detection sensitivity at THz frequencies 37,38 .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Free Electron Lasers (FEL) offer the advantage of broad continuous tunability combined with an extremely narrow spectral bandwidth (~ 0.5 -2.5 % FWHM). The higher spectral brightness of the FEL compensates for the reduced detection sensitivity at THz frequencies 37,38 .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…THz-SNOMs are being successfully applied to an expanding list of materials and interesting problems. For example, THz-SNOM methods have provided insights into nanoscale studies of electronic phase separation in the vicinity of the insulator-to-metal transition in VO 2 23 , 28 29 , the plasmonic response of graphene 26 31 , free carrier distributions in nanodevices 32 , 33 , and phonon resonances in multiferroic materials 34 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The schematic of the THz s-SNOM setup is shown in Figure 1 A. This THz near-field imaging system operates in the self-homodyne scheme ( Wehmeier et al., 2020 ; de Oliveira et al., 2020 ) with a bilateral symmetric light path and no asymmetric Michelson interferometer is used in order to minimize the loss of the THz energy as the beam splitter will cause at least three-quarters of the energy loss. The electrically pumped THz QCL is placed in a cryostat at the temperature of 10 K and emits a 4.2 THz (red) beam.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%