Step-scan time-domain terahertz magneto-spectroscopy.

We present a novel approach for terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of magneto-optic phenomena. The setup used in this work combines a tabletop pulsed magnet and a standard terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system. The approach is based on repetitive operation of the pulsed magnet and step-wise increment of the delay time of the time-domain spectroscopy system. The method is demonstrated by plotting the magneto-transmission spectra of linearly polarized THz pulses through the hole gas of a Ge sample and the electron gas of GaAs, InSb and InAs samples. Cyclotron resonance spectra are displayed in the frequency range from 200 GHz to 2 THz and for a magnetic field up to 6 T. The GaAs spectra are analyzed in more detail using simulations based on the Drude model.

Compact magnetospectrometer for pulsed magnets based on infrared quantum cascade lasers.

In this paper we present a portable quantum cascade laser (QCL) based infrared magnetospectrometer covering the spectral range from 5 to 120 µm. The variation of the excitation wavelength is enabled by an easy change of the QCL plug-in modules, while the use of any other external source is also possible. The performance of the setup is illustrated via cyclotron-resonance studies under pulsed magnetic fields up to 60 T.

High-speed terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of cyclotron resonance in pulsed magnetic field.

We present time-resolved cyclotron resonance spectra of holes in p-Ge measured during single magnetic field pulses by using a rapid-scanning, fiber-coupled terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system. The key component of the system is a rotating monolithic delay line featuring four helicoid mirror surfaces. It allows measurements of THz spectra at up to 250 Hz repetition rate. Here we show results taken at 150 Hz. In a single 900 ms measurement 135 cyclotron resonance spectra were recorded that fully agree with what is expected from literature.

Quasioptical study of antiferromagnetic resonance in YFeO3 at submillimeter wavelength under high pulsed magnetic fields.

Transmission spectra, T(H), of linearly polarized electromagnetic waves through YFeO(3), weak ferromagnet, measured at frequencies nu=96-1000 GHz in long-pulsed magnetic fields (H||k||c-axis, Faraday geometry) exhibit strong rotation of the polarization plane near the quasiferromagnetic AFMR as well as low frequency impurity modes. New ascending impurity branch including five lines was observed at high magnetic field (10-30 T) at 96 GHz and 140 GHz in addition to the known low-field descending impurity branch. Behavior of all the impurity modes assigned to transitions in (6)S(5/2) multiplet of Fe(3+) "impurity" ions in c-sites was described self-consistently by one spin-Hamiltonian. A theoretical calculation of dynamical magnetic susceptibility at AFMR and impurity modes and further simulation of transmission spectra made it possible to describe the main features of the observed spectra T(H). It was found that the T(H) behavior is determined at resonances not only by non-diagonal components of the magnetic susceptibility but also by the anisotropy of the dielectric permittivity (epsilon(xx)(') not equal epsilon(yy)(')), i.e. birefringence.