Ultrafast electron and spin dynamics in nickel probed with femtosecond X-ray pulses

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1957-1961

  Durr H A ^a   Stamm, C ^a   Kachel, T ^a   Pontius, N ^a   Mitzner, R ^a,b   Quast, T ^a   Holldack, K ^a   Khan, S ^c   Lupulescu, C ^d   Aziz, E F ^a   Wietstruk, M ^a   Eberhardt, W ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Bât A Kastler   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond X ray pulses; Laser excitation; Magnetization dynamics; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NICKEL; SPIN DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION EDGES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; FEMTOSECOND X-RAY PULSE; INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE; MAGNETIC STATE; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; X-RAY POLARIZATIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 45849127604     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.924544     Document Type: Article

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