Subnanosecond magnetization dynamics measured by the second-harmonic magneto-optic Kerr effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3386-3388

  Crawford, T M ^a,c   Silva, T J ^a   Teplin, C W ^b   Rogers, C T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

GYROSCOPIC SPLITTING FACTOR; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ EQUATION; PRECESSIONAL FREE INDUCTION DECAY; SUBNANOSECOND MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032606581     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123353     Document Type: Article

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