Temperature dependence of laser-induced demagnetization in Ni: A key for identifying the underlying mechanism

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Roth, T ^a   Schellekens, A J ^b   Alebrand, S ^a   Schmitt, O ^a   Steil, D ^a   Koopmans, B ^b   Cinchetti, M ^a   Aeschlimann, M ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT INTERACTION; DRIVING MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FERROMAGNETS; FLUENCES; LASER INDUCED; LASER INTENSITIES; MAGNETIC ORDERS; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; SINGLE MECHANISMS; SINGLE SCATTERING; SPIN SYSTEMS; SPIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPORAL PROFILE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL ORIGINS; TIME-RESOLVED MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; TIME-SCALES; TWO TIME SCALE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST DEMAGNETIZATION; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

DYNAMICS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; PHOTOEXCITATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DEMAGNETIZATION;

EID: 84862589112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.021006     Document Type: Article

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