@article{oai:ynu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00009372, author = {Yoshioka, Katsumasa and Katayama, Ikufumi and Arashida, Yusuke and Ban, Atsuhiko and Kawada, Yoichi and Konishi, Kuniaki and Takahashi, Hironori and Takeda, Jun}, issue = {8}, journal = {Nano Letters}, month = {Jul}, note = {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 ultrafast atomic-scale electronics and metrology.}, pages = {5198--5204}, title = {Tailoring Single-Cycle Near Field in a Tunnel Junction with Carrier-Envelope Phase-Controlled Terahertz Electric Fields}, volume = {18}, year = {2018} }