Spatially resolved ultrafast magnetic dynamics initiated at a complex oxide heterointerface

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 883-888

  Forst, M ^a,b   Caviglia, A D ^c   Scherwitzl, R ^d   Mankowsky, R ^a,b   Zubko, P ^d,k   Khanna, V ^a,e,f   Bromberger, H ^a,b   Wilkins, S B ^g   Chuang, Y D ^h   Lee, W S ⁱ   Schlotter, W F ⁱ   Turner, J J ⁱ   Dakovski, G L ⁱ   Minitti, M P ⁱ   Robinson, J ⁱ   Clark, S R ^e,j   Jaksch, D ^e,j   Triscone, J M ^d   Hill, J P ^g   Dhesi, S S ^f   Cavalleri, A ^a,b,e   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

^b Center for Free Electron Laser Science   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALLS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DOMAIN WALL MOTION; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL CONTROL; HETERO INTERFACES; MAGNETIC DYNAMICS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 84939650613     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4341     Document Type: Article

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