Ultrafast angular momentum transfer in multisublattice ferrimagnets

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bergeard, N ^a   Lopez Flores V ^a   Halte V ^a   Hehn, M ^b   Stamm, C ^c,d   Pontius, N ^d   Beaurepaire, E ^a   Boeglin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT; GADOLINIUM; TERBIUM;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CRYSTALLINITY; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPINNING; FEMTOSECOND LASER; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLOYS; ANISOTROPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COBALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MAGNETS; TERBIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84896383024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4466     Document Type: Article

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