Distinguishing the ultrafast dynamics of spin and orbital moments in solids

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7297, 2010, Pages 458-461

  Boeglin, C ^a   Beaurepaire, E ^a   Halte V ^a   Lopez Flores V ^a   Stamm, C ^b   Pontius, N ^b   Durr H A ^b,c   Bigot, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRON; LASER METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SOLID;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLID; X RAY;

EID: 77952990178     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09070     Document Type: Article

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