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Ultrafast and Distinct Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Alloys

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Ultrafast and Distinct Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Alloys
المؤلفون: Radu, Iuliana P., Stamm, Christian, id_orcid:0 000-0001-5611-9084, Eschenlohr, Andrea, Radu, Florin, Abrudan, Radu Marius, Vahaplar, Kadir, Kachel, Torsten, Pontius, Niko, Mitzner, Rolf, Holldack, Karsten, Föhlisch, Alexander, Ostler, Thomas A., Mentink, Johan H., Evans, Richard F.L., Chantrell, Roy, Tsukamoto, Arata, Itoh, Akiyoshi, Kirilyuk, Andrei I., Kimel, Alexey V., Rasing, Theo
المصدر: SPIN, 5 (3)
بيانات النشر: World Scientific
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: ETH Zürich Research Collection
مصطلحات موضوعية: Ultrafast spin dynamics, Element-specific magnetization, Atomistic spin simulations
الوصف: Controlling magnetic order on ultrashort timescales is crucial for engineering the next-generation magnetic devices that combine ultrafast data processing with ultrahigh-density data storage. An appealing scenario in this context is the use of femtosecond (fs) laser pulses as an ultrafast, external stimulus to fully set the orientation and the magnetization magnitude of a spin ensemble. Achieving such control on ultrashort timescales, e.g., comparable to the excitation event itself, remains however a challenge due to the lack of understanding the dynamical behavior of the key parameters governing magnetism: The elemental magnetic moments and the exchange interaction. Here, we investigate the fs laser-induced spin dynamics in a variety of multi-component alloys and reveal a dissimilar dynamics of the constituent magnetic moments on ultrashort timescales. Moreover, we show that such distinct dynamics is a general phenomenon that can be exploited to engineer new magnetic media with tailor-made, optimized dynamic properties. Using phenomenological considerations, atomistic modeling and time-resolved X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), we demonstrate demagnetization of the constituent sub-lattices on significantly different timescales that depend on their magnetic moments and the sign of the exchange interaction. These results can be used as a “recipe” for manipulation and control of magnetization dynamics in a large class of magnetic materials.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000381057800004; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/105600
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000105600
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/105600
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000105600
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.63248855
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.3929/ethz-b-000105600