Ultrafast non-thermal control of magnetization by instantaneous photomagnetic pulses

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7042, 2005, Pages 655-657

  Kimel, A V ^a   Kirilyuk, A ^a   Usachev, P A ^b   Pisarev, R V ^b   Balbashov, A M ^c   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FARADAY EFFECT; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; PHOTOMAGNETIC PULSES; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN REORIENTATION;

MAGNETIZATION;

DATA MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN REORIENTATION; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INVERSE FARADAY EFFECT; LASER; LIGHT; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHOTOMAGNETIC PULSE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 20444476623     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03564     Document Type: Article

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