Probing ultrafast spin dynamics with optical pump-probe scanning tunnelling microscopy

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 588-593

  Yoshida, Shoji ^a   Aizawa, Yuta ^a   Wang, Zi Han ^a   Oshima, Ryuji ^b   Mera, Yutaka ^c   Matsuyama, Eiji ^a   Oigawa, Haruhiro ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^a   Shigekawa, Hidemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMAGNETICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; PUMPS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; ITINERANT MAGNETISM; LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PULSE WIDTHS; SINGLE QUANTUM WELL; SPIN RELAXATION DYNAMICS; SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPIES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOANALYSIS; OPTICAL PUMP PROBE SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICS; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN DYNAMIC; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84905723852     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.125     Document Type: Article

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