Ultrafast demagnetization in the sp-d model: A theoretical study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Cywiński, Łukasz ^a   Sham, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34447323576     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045205     Document Type: Article

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