Relating Gilbert damping and ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Fähnle, Manfred ^a   Seib, Jonas ^a   Illg, Christian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 78049464005     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.144405     Document Type: Article

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