Ultrafast optical modification of magnetic anisotropy and stimulated precession in an epitaxial Co2 MnAl thin film

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a   Shelford, L R ^a   Kruglyak, V V ^a   Hicken, R J ^a   Sakuraba, Y ^b   Oogane, M ^b   Ando, Y ^b   Miyazaki, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EPITAXIAL FILMS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DAMPING PARAMETERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL MODIFICATION;

COBALT ALLOYS;

EID: 34248590619     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2711702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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