Ultrafast interaction of the angular momentum of photons with spins in the metallic amorphous alloy GdFeCo

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Stanciu, C D ^a   Hansteen, F ^a   Kimel, A V ^a   Tsukamoto, A ^b   Itoh, A ^b   Kirilyuk, A ^a   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; HEATING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; SPIN WAVES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FERRIMAGNETIC METALS; HEATING EFFECTS; ULTRAFAST COHERENT CONTROL; ULTRAFAST NONTHERMAL EXCITATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 34547306643     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.207401     Document Type: Article

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