Spin dynamics of the antiferromagnetic-to-ferromagnetic phase transition in FeRh on a sub-picosecond time scale

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2857-2859

  Thiele, Jan Ulrich ^a   Buess, Matthias ^b   Back, Christian H ^b  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIN DYNAMICS; SPOT SIZES; TIME SCALE; WAVELENGTHS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIZATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 8344250309     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1799244     Document Type: Article

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