Magnetization reversal in the picosecond range measured with time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1729-1731

  Guarisco, D ^a   Burgermeister, R ^a   Stamm, C ^a   Meier, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0006325926     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.115889     Document Type: Article

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