Three-dimensional magnetization evolution and the role of anisotropies in thin Fe/MgO films: Static and dynamic measurements

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Carpene, E ^a   Mancini, E ^a   Dallera, C ^a   Puppin, E ^b   De Silvestri, S ^a  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FIELD; APPLIED FIELD; BASIC MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; LARGE CLASS; MAGNETIC THIN LAYER; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING MECHANISM; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; REAL-SPACE; REAL-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

ANISOTROPY; DYNAMICS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPIN DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VECTOR SPACES;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 77957736995     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3488639     Document Type: Article

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