Author:
Nielson Megan F.,Alejandro Aldair,Ho Sin-hang (Enoch),Lutz Matthew,Moss Clayton D.,Johnson Jeremy A.
Abstract
With circularly polarized terahertz pulses, we excite a pair of degenerate perpendicularly polarized phonons in LiNbO3. The resulting circular ionic motion induces a magnetic field in LiNbO3, which is measured through the Faraday effect.