Atomistic spin model simulations of magnetic nanomaterials

RFL Evans, WJ Fan, P Chureemart… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomistic modelling of magnetic materials provides unprecedented detail about the
underlying physical processes that govern their macroscopic properties, and allows the …

Laser-induced magnetization dynamics and reversal in ferrimagnetic alloys

A Kirilyuk, AV Kimel, T Rasing - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This review discusses the recent studies of magnetization dynamics and the role of angular
momentum in thin films of ferrimagnetic rare-earth–transition metal (RE–TM) alloys, eg …

Laser-induced intersite spin transfer

JK Dewhurst, P Elliott, S Shallcross, EKU Gross… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Laser pulses induce spin-selective charge flow that we show to generate dramatic changes
in the magnetic structure of materials, including a switching of magnetic order from …

Laser-induced demagnetization at ultrashort time scales: Predictions of TDDFT

K Krieger, JK Dewhurst, P Elliott… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is implemented in an all electron solid-
state code for the case of fully unconstrained noncollinear spins. We use this to study …

Controlling the Competition between Optically Induced Ultrafast Spin-Flip<? format?> Scattering and Spin Transport in Magnetic Multilayers

E Turgut, C La-o-Vorakiat, JM Shaw, P Grychtol… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The study of ultrafast dynamics in magnetic materials provides rich opportunities for greater
fundamental understanding of correlated phenomena in solid-state matter, because many of …

Fundamentals and applications of the Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation

U Atxitia, D Hinzke, U Nowak - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The influence of thermal excitations on magnetic materials is a topic of increasing relevance
in the theory of magnetism. The Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation describes magnetisation …

Orbital-resolved spin model for thermal magnetization switching in rare-earth-based ferrimagnets

S Wienholdt, D Hinzke, K Carva, PM Oppeneer… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
The switching of rare-earth-based ferrimagnets triggered by thermal excitation is
investigated on the basis of an atomistic spin model beyond the rigid-spin approximation …

Disparate ultrafast dynamics of itinerant and localized magnetic moments in gadolinium metal

B Frietsch, J Bowlan, R Carley, M Teichmann… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Heisenberg–Dirac intra-atomic exchange coupling is responsible for the
formation of the atomic spin moment and thus the strongest interaction in magnetism …

Investigating the contribution of superdiffusive transport to ultrafast demagnetization of ferromagnetic thin films

AJ Schellekens, W Verhoeven, TN Vader… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally investigate to what extent superdiffusive spin transport contributes to the
ultrafast demagnetization of ferromagnets by pum** Ni thin films from the front side and …

Resolving the role of femtosecond heated electrons in ultrafast spin dynamics

J Mendil, P Nieves, O Chubykalo-Fesenko… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Magnetization manipulation is essential for basic research and applications. A fundamental
question is, how fast can the magnetization be reversed in nanoscale magnetic storage …