Coherent terahertz emission from ferromagnetic films excited by femtosecond laser pulses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3465-3467

  Beaurepaire, E ^a   Turner, G M ^b   Harrel, S M ^b   Beard, M C ^b   Bigot, J Y ^a   Schmuttenmaer, C A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; ELECTRON THERMALIZATION TIME; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; ULTRAFAST DEMAGNETIZATION;

DEMAGNETIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FILMS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NICKEL; POLARIZATION; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 2542432224     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1737467     Document Type: Article

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