Use of the Faraday optical transformer for ultrafast magnetization reversal of nanomagnets

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kruglyak, Volodymyr V ^a   Portnoi, Mikhail E ^a   Hicken, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic properties; Optoelectronics; Ultrafast phenomena

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; FILM PREPARATION; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; NANOMAGNETICS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER QUALITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED OPTICAL PULSE; INVERSE FARADAY EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD PULSE; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PRECESSIONAL SWITCHING; TRANSIENT MAGNETIC FIELDS; ULTRAFAST DEMAGNETIZATION; ULTRAFAST MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

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EID: 51649131247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2516174     Document Type: Article

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