Spin dynamics triggered by subterahertz magnetic field pulses

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Zhao ^a   Pietz, Matthäus ^a   Walowski, Jakob ^a   Förster, Arno ^b   Lepsa, Mihail I ^c   Münzenberg, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETISM; IRON; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SPIN DYNAMICS; SWITCHES;

(HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); CURRENT PULSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); LOW-TEMPERATURE-GROWN (LTG) GAAS; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD PULSES; PHOTO CONDUCTIVE SWITCHES; PULSE LENGTHS; RESPONSE TIME; TIME-RESOLVED; ULTRA-FAST;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 46449086110     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2940734     Document Type: Article

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