Tailoring Single-Cycle Near Field in a Tunnel Junction with Carrier-Envelope Phase-Controlled Terahertz Electric Fields

Nano Letters
Katsumasa YoshiokaJun Takeda

Abstract

Light-field-driven processes occurring under conditions far beyond the diffraction limit of the light can be manipulated by harnessing spatiotemporally tunable near fields. A tailor-made carrier envelope phase in a tunnel junction formed between nanogap electrodes allows precisely controlled manipulation of these processes. In particular, the characterization and active control of near fields in a tunnel junction are essential for advancing elaborate manipulation of light-field-driven processes at the atomic-scale. Here, we demonstrate that desirable phase-controlled near fields can be produced in a tunnel junction via terahertz scanning tunneling microscopy (THz-STM) with a phase shifter. Measurements of the phase-resolved subcycle electron tunneling dynamics revealed an unexpected large carrier-envelope phase shift between far-field and near-field single-cycle THz waveforms. The phase shift stems from the wavelength-scale feature of the tip-sample configuration. By using a dual-phase double-pulse scheme, the electron tunneling was coherently manipulated over the femtosecond time scale. Our new prescription-in situ tailoring of single-cycle THz near fields in a tunnel junction-will offer unprecedented control of electrons for ...Continue Reading

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