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Light-controlled terahertz plasmonic time-varying media: Momentum gaps, entangled plasmon pairs, and pulse-induced time reversal

Egor I. Kiselev1,2,3, Yiming Pan4, and Netanel H. Lindner1,2

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Phys. Rev. B 110, L241411 – Published 30 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L241411

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This Letter establishes a Floquet engineering framework in which coherent high frequency light with a time dependent amplitude can be used to parametrically excite and amplify THz plasmons, mirror plasmonic wave packets in time, and generate momentum-gapped plasmonic band structures, entangled plasmon pairs, and THz radiation in two dimensional Dirac systems. Our results show how low frequency plasmons can be coherently excited and manipulated without the need for THz light.

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Phys. Rev. B 110, L241411– Published 30 December, 2024
  • Received 29 February 2024
  • Revised 29 November 2024
  • Accepted 5 December 2024
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