Generation of femtosecond electromagnetic pulses at the nanoscale

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6328, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kruglyak, V V ^a   Portnoi, M E ^a,b   Hicken, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b International Center for Condensed Matter Physics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Spin optronics; Spintronics; THz; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; SPIN-OPTRONICS; SPINTRONICS; THZ; ULTRAFAST;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33751071653     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.677370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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