Ultrafast quenching of ferromagnetism in InMnAs induced by intense laser irradiation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Wang, J ^a   Sun, C ^a   Kono, J ^a   Oiwa, A ^b   Munekata, H ^c   Cywinski A ^d   Sham, L J ^d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCARRIERS; SPIN HEATING; SUBPICOSECOND TIME SCALES;

DEMAGNETIZATION; FERROMAGNETISM; INDIUM ALLOYS; IRRADIATION; LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 28944442298     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.167401     Document Type: Article

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