Unidirectional electronic currents in asymmetric nanojunctions driven by strong optical fields

Ihar Babushkin; Ihar Babushkin; Ihar Babushkin; Liping Shi; Liping Shi; Anton Husakou; Oliver Melchert; Oliver Melchert; Bettina Frank; Yuemin Ji; Gustav Wetzel; Ayhan Demircan; Ayhan Demircan; Christoph Lienau; Harald Giessen; Misha Ivanov; Uwe Morgner; Uwe Morgner; Milutin Kovacev

doi:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2021.FW3M.1

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper FW3M.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2021.FW3M.1

Unidirectional electronic currents in asymmetric nanojunctions driven by strong optical fields

Ihar Babushkin, Liping Shi, Anton Husakou, Oliver Melchert, Bettina Frank, Yuemin Ji, Gustav Wetzel, Ayhan Demircan, Christoph Lienau, Harald Giessen, Misha Ivanov, Uwe Morgner, and Milutin Kovacev

CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science 2021

San Jose, California United States
9–14 May 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-91-0

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I. Babushkin, L. Shi, A. Husakou, O. Melchert, B. Frank, Y. Ji, G. Wetzel, A. Demircan, C. Lienau, H. Giessen, M. Ivanov, U. Morgner, and M. Kovacev, "Unidirectional electronic currents in asymmetric nanojunctions driven by strong optical fields," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Kang, S. Tomasulo, I. Ilev, D. Müller, N. Litchinitser, S. Polyakov, V. Podolskiy, J. Nunn, C. Dorrer, T. Fortier, Q. Gan, and C. Saraceno, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper FW3M.1.

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Abstract

We show the creation of unidirectional currents in nanojunctions in strong optical fields at ambient conditions, with no phase stabilization of the driver. The mechanism is rooted in the inter-cycle interference of the electronic wavepackets in the nanogap.

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