Plasmonic Metasurface Resonators to Enhance Terahertz Magnetic Fields for High-Frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Grant support
GA 767 227
European Union's Horizon 2020 programme FET-OPEN
Integrated Quantum Science and Technology
Carl Zeiss Foundation
FSI-S-20-6485
Brno University of Technology
20-28573S
GAČR
RTI2018-094830-B-100
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
MDM-2016-0618
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Program
IT1164-19
Basque Government
- Keywords
- 2D resonators, electron paramagnetic resonance, nanostructures, plasmonic metasurfaces, self-assembled monolayers, spintronics, thin layers,
- MeSH
- Equipment Design methods MeSH
- Electromagnetic Fields MeSH
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy instrumentation MeSH
- Nanotechnology MeSH
- Computer Simulation MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
Nanoscale magnetic systems play a decisive role in areas ranging from biology to spintronics. Although, in principle, THz electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) provides high-resolution access to their properties, lack of sensitivity has precluded realizing this potential. To resolve this issue, the principle of plasmonic enhancement of electromagnetic fields that is used in electric dipole spectroscopies with great success is exploited, and a new type of resonators for the enhancement of THz magnetic fields in a microscopic volume is proposed. A resonator composed of an array of diabolo antennas with a back-reflecting mirror is designed and fabricated. Simulations and THz EPR measurements demonstrate a 30-fold signal increase for thin film samples. This enhancement factor increases to a theoretical value of 7500 for samples confined to the active region of the antennas. These findings open the door to the elucidation of fundamental processes in nanoscale samples, including junctions in spintronic devices or biological membranes.
4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE University of Stuttgart D 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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