Laser-induced ultrafast demagnetization in the presence of a nanoscale magnetic domain network

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vodungbo, Boris ^a   Gautier, Julien ^a   Lambert, Guillaume ^a   Sardinha, Anna Barszczak ^a,b   Lozano, Magali ^a   Sebban, Staphane ^a   Ducousso, Mathieu ^c   Boutu, Willem ^c   Li, Kaigong ^d   Tudu, Bharati ^d   Tortarolo, Marina ^d   Hawaldar, Ranjit ^d   Delaunay, Renaud ^d   Lopez Flores, Victor ^e   Arabski, Jacek ^e   Boeglin, Christine ^e   Merdji, Hamed ^c   Zeitoun, Philippe ^a   Luning, Jan ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d Universit Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; LASER INDUCED ULTRAFAST DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; X RAY;

EID: 84866083410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2007     Document Type: Article

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