The interaction of subpicosecond laser pulses with magnetically ordered materials has
developed into a fascinating research topic in modern magnetism. From the discovery of …

Spintronics, or spin electronics, involves the study of active control and manipulation of spin
degrees of freedom in solid-state systems. This article reviews the current status of this …

The demand for ever-increasing density of information storage and speed of manipulation
has triggered an intense search for ways to control the magnetization of a medium by means …

The quantum Hall effect is usually observed when a two-dimensional electron gas is
subjected to an external magnetic field, so that their quantum states form Landau levels. In …

The book covers the main aspects of dynamic phenomena in confined magnetic structures
on a level that researchers find a comprehensive compilation of the current status in the …

An attractive approach to controlling spin effects in semiconductor nanostructures for
applications in electronics is the use of light to generate, manipulate, or read out spins. Here …

The optical properties of the six broad-gap ternary mixed crystals (Zn, Mn) and (Cd, Mn)
sulfide, selenide and telluride are reviewed. The conventional optical properties which are …

We demonstrate circularly polarized light emission from InAs quantum dots embedded in the
waveguide region of a GaAs-based chiral nanostructure. The observed phenomenon …

We demonstrate coherent optical control of the magnetization in ferrimagnetic garnet films
on the femtosecond time scale through a combination of two different ultrafast and …

Recent observations of switching of magnetic domains in ferromagnetic metals by circularly
polarized light, so-called all-optical helicity dependent switching, has renewed interest in the …