Antiferromagnetic spintronics and beyond

A Dal Din, OJ Amin, P Wadley, KW Edmonds - npj Spintronics, 2024 - nature.com
In this review article, we summarize some recent key results in the development of
antiferromagnetic spintronics. Current-induced switching of the Néel vector orientation has …

Ultrafast demagnetization in ferromagnetic materials: Origins and progress

X Chen, R Adam, DE Bürgler, F Wang, Z Lu, L Pan… - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of ultrafast demagnetization in Ni thin films in 1996, laser-induced
ultrafast spin dynamics have become a prominent research topic in the field of magnetism …

Ultrafast high-harmonic nanoscopy of magnetization dynamics

S Zayko, O Kfir, M Heigl, M Lohmann, M Sivis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Light-induced magnetization changes, such as all-optical switching, skyrmion nucleation,
and intersite spin transfer, unfold on temporal and spatial scales down to femtoseconds and …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast control of laser-induced spin-dynamics scenarios on two-dimensional Ni3@ C63H54 magnetic system

M Barhoumi, J Liu, G Lefkidis, W Hübner - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of building logically functional networks employing spintronics or magnetic
heterostructures is becoming more and more popular today. Incorporating logical segments …

Laser-induced ultrafast spin-transfer processes in non-linear zigzag carbon chain systems

M Barhoumi, J Liu, G Lefkidis, W Hübner - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We combine the high-level quantum chemistry theory CCSD and EOM-CCSD together with
local and global Λ processes to investigate the details of the laser-induced ultrafast spin …

Extreme domain wall speeds under ultrafast optical excitation

R Jangid, NZ Hagström, M Madhavi, K Rockwell… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Time-resolved ultrafast EUV magnetic scattering was used to test a recent prediction of> 10
km/s domain wall speeds by optically exciting a magnetic sample with a nanoscale …

Theory of superdiffusive spin transport in noncollinear magnetic multilayers

P Baláž, M Zwierzycki, F Cosco, K Carva, P Maldonado… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Ultrafast demagnetization induced by femtosecond laser pulses in thin metallic layers is
caused by the outflow of spin-polarized hot-electron currents describable by the …

Laser-induced torques in metallic antiferromagnets

F Freimuth, S Blügel, Y Mokrousov - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We study laser-induced torques in the antiferromagnet Mn 2 Au. We find that even linearly
polarized light may induce laser-induced torques in Mn 2 Au; that is, the light does not have …

Nonrelativistic and nonmagnetic control of terahertz charge currents via electrical anisotropy in RuO2 and IrO2

S Zhang, Y Cui, S Wang, H Chen, Y Liu, W Qin… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Precise and ultrafast control over photo-induced charge currents across nanoscale
interfaces could lead to important applications in energy harvesting, ultrafast electronics …

Short nanometer range optically induced magnetic fluctuations accompanying ultrafast demagnetization of nanoscale ferromagnetic domains

SM Suturin, A Philippi-Kobs, R Carley, R Gort, G Grübel… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We have studied the nature of optically induced short-range magnetic fluctuations occurring
at 10-nm length scale during ultrafast demagnetization in ferromagnetic Co/Pt multilayers …