Femtosecond switching of magnetism via strongly correlated spin-charge quantum excitations

Nature

Volumn 496, Issue 7443, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Li, Tianqi ^a,b   Patz, Aaron ^a,b   Mouchliadis, Leonidas ^c,d   Yan, Jiaqiang ^b,e,f   Lograsso, Thomas A ^b   Perakis, Ilias E ^c,d   Wang, Jigang ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^e University of Tennessee   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

MEMORY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; EXCITATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRONICS; IRON; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MAGNETICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875902803     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11934     Document Type: Article

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