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Light phase detection with on-chip petahertz electronic networks

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  • Yujia Yang

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Marco Turchetti

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Praful Vasireddy

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • William P. Putnam

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    University of California, Davis
    University of Hamburg)

  • Oliver Karnbach

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Alberto Nardi

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Franz X. Kärtner

    (University of Hamburg
    Center for Free-Electron Laser Science and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))

  • Karl K. Berggren

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Phillip D. Keathley

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Ultrafast, high-intensity light-matter interactions lead to optical-field-driven photocurrents with an attosecond-level temporal response. These photocurrents can be used to detect the carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) of short optical pulses, and enable optical-frequency, petahertz (PHz) electronics for high-speed information processing. Despite recent reports on optical-field-driven photocurrents in various nanoscale solid-state materials, little has been done in examining the large-scale electronic integration of these devices to improve their functionality and compactness. In this work, we demonstrate enhanced, on-chip CEP detection via optical-field-driven photocurrents in a monolithic array of electrically-connected plasmonic bow-tie nanoantennas that are contained within an area of hundreds of square microns. The technique is scalable and could potentially be used for shot-to-shot CEP tagging applications requiring orders-of-magnitude less pulse energy compared to alternative ionization-based techniques. Our results open avenues for compact time-domain, on-chip CEP detection, and inform the development of integrated circuits for PHz electronics as well as integrated platforms for attosecond and strong-field science.

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  • Yujia Yang & Marco Turchetti & Praful Vasireddy & William P. Putnam & Oliver Karnbach & Alberto Nardi & Franz X. Kärtner & Karl K. Berggren & Phillip D. Keathley, 2020. "Light phase detection with on-chip petahertz electronic networks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17250-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17250-0
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    1. Václav Hanus & Beatrix Fehér & Viktória Csajbók & Péter Sándor & Zsuzsanna Pápa & Judit Budai & Zilong Wang & Pallabi Paul & Adriana Szeghalmi & Péter Dombi, 2023. "Carrier-envelope phase on-chip scanner and control of laser beams," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Yang Luo & Frank Neubrech & Alberto Martin-Jimenez & Na Liu & Klaus Kern & Manish Garg, 2024. "Real-time tracking of coherent oscillations of electrons in a nanodevice by photo-assisted tunnelling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.

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