Ultrafast optical control of coercivity in GaMnAs

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hall, K C ^a   Zahn, J P ^a   Gamouras, A ^a   March, S ^a   Robb, J L ^a   Liu, X ^b   Furdyna, J K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; DEMAGNETIZATION; FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); COERCIVE FIELDS; COERCIVITY; COLLAPSE (DRYING); DOMAIN WALL ENERGY; FEMTO SECONDS; FEMTOSECOND DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECT (SMOKE); OPTICAL CONTROLLING; SUBPICOSECOND; TIME SCALING; TIME-RESOLVED; ULTRA-FAST;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 48249125480     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2963972     Document Type: Article

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