All-optical magnetization reversal by circularly polarized laser pulses: Experiment and multiscale modeling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Vahaplar, K ^a   Kalashnikova, A M ^b   Kimel, A V ^a   Gerlach, S ^c   Hinzke, D ^c   Nowak, U ^c   Chantrell, R ^d   Tsukamoto, A ^e,f   Itoh, A ^e   Kirilyuk, A ^a   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84858055693     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.104402     Document Type: Article

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