Ultrafast magnetization enhancement in metallic multilayers driven by superdiffusive spin current

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rudolf, Dennis ^a   La O Vorakiat, Chan ^b   Battiato, Marco ^c   Adam, Roman ^a   Shaw, Justin M ^d   Turgut, Emrah ^b   Maldonado, Pablo ^c   Mathias, Stefan ^b,e   Grychtol, Patrik ^a,b   Nembach, Hans T ^d   Silva, Thomas J ^d   Aeschlimann, Martin ^e   Kapteyn, Henry C ^b   Murnane, Margaret M ^b   Schneider, Claus M ^a   Oppeneer, Peter M ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; NICKEL; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 84866973350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2029     Document Type: Article

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