Direct measurement of the three-dimensional magnetization vector trajectory in GaMnAs by a magneto-optical pump-and-probe method

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Tesarova N ^a   Nemec P ^a   Rozkotova E ^a   Subrt J ^a   Reichlova H ^a   Butkovicova D ^a   Trojanek F ^a   Maly P ^a   Novak V ^b   Jungwirth, T ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IN-PLANE MOTION; MAGNETIC LINEAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETO-OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; NUMERICAL MODELING; OUT-OF-PLANE; POLAR KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; PUMP-AND-PROBE; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-RESOLVED;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SIGNAL ENCODING;

EID: 84858377130     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3692599     Document Type: Article

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