Laser-induced magnetization dynamics and reversal in ferrimagnetic alloys

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kirilyuk, Andrei ^a   Kimel, Alexey V ^a   Rasing, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84873914625     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/76/2/026501     Document Type: Article

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