Femtosecond opto-magnetism: Ultrafast laser manipulation of magnetic materials

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-287

  Kimel, Alexey V ^a   Kiriyuk, Andrei ^a   Rasing, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coherent optical control; Magneto optics; Time resolved optical spectroscopy; Ultrafast magnetization dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649007324     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200710022     Document Type: Review

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