Slow relaxation of spin reorientation following ultrafast optical excitation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Eimuller T ^a   Scholl, A ^b   Ludescher, B ^c   Schutz G ^c   Thiele, J U ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION ENERGY; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

MAGNETIZATION DYNAMIC; OPTICAL PUMP-X-RAY-PROBE IMAGING; SPIN REORIENTATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 34547453306     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2760152     Document Type: Article

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