Laser-induced ultrafast spin reorientation in the antiferromagnet TmFeO3

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6994, 2004, Pages 850-853

  Kimel, A V ^a   Kirilyuk, A ^a   Tsvetkov, A ^a   Pisarev, R V ^b   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIZATION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; SPIN REORIENTATION;

THULIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; THULIUM; THULIUM ORTHOFERRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MAGNETIC MINERAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER; LASER; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 3042675283     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02659     Document Type: Article

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