The vectorial control of magnetization by light

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kanda, Natsuki ^a   Higuchi, Takuya ^a   Shimizu, Hirokatsu ^a   Konishi, Kuniaki ^a,b   Yoshioka, Kosuke ^a,b   Kuwata Gonokami, Makoto ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NICKEL; NICKEL MONOXIDE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MAGNETISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

LASERS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICKEL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959573629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1366     Document Type: Article

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