Ultrafast optical manipulation of magnetic order in ferromagnetic materials

C Wang, Y Liu - Nano Convergence, 2020 - Springer
The interaction between ultrafast lasers and magnetic materials is an appealing topic. It not
only involves interesting fundamental questions that remain inconclusive and hence need …

Photon beam transport and scientific instruments at the European XFEL

T Tschentscher, C Bressler, J Grünert, A Madsen… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This article describes the layout of the European XFEL, a soft and hard
X-ray free-electron laser user facility starting operation in 2017. Emphasis is put on the …

Towards the nonlinear acousto-magneto-plasmonics

VV Temnov, I Razdolski, T Pezeril, D Makarov… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the recent progress in experimental and theoretical research of interactions
between the acoustic, magnetic and plasmonic transients in hybrid metal-ferromagnet …

Hot-Electron-Induced Ultrafast Demagnetization in Multilayers

N Bergeard, M Hehn, S Mangin, G Lengaigne… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Using specially engineered structures to tailor the optical absorption in a metallic multilayer,
we analyze the magnetization dynamics of a Co/Pt multilayer buried below a thick Cu layer …

Origins of electromagnetic radiation from spintronic terahertz emitters: A time-dependent density functional theory plus Jefimenko equations approach

A Kefayati, BK Nikolić - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Microscopic origins of charge currents and electromagnetic (EM) radiation generated by
them in spintronic THz emitters—such as, femtosecond laser pulse-driven single magnetic …

Critical behavior within 20 fs drives the out-of-equilibrium laser-induced magnetic phase transition in nickel

P Tengdin, W You, C Chen, X Shi, D Zusin, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
It has long been known that ferromagnets undergo a phase transition from ferromagnetic to
paramagnetic at the Curie temperature, associated with critical phenomena such as a …

Ultrafast optically induced ferromagnetic state in an elemental antiferromagnet

E Golias, I Kumberg, I Gelen, S Thakur, J Gördes… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We present evidence for an ultrafast optically induced ferromagnetic alignment of
antiferromagnetic Mn in Co/Mn multilayers. We observe the transient ferromagnetic signal at …

Nonlinear harmonics of a seeded free-electron laser as a coherent and ultrafast probe to investigate matter at the water window and beyond

G Penco, G Perosa, E Allaria, L Badano, F Bencivenga… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
The advent of free-electron lasers (FELs) in the soft-and hard-x-ray spectral regions has
introduced the possibility to probe electronic, magnetic, and structural dynamics, in both …

Néel vector switching and terahertz spin-wave excitation in due to femtosecond spin-transfer torques

M Weißenhofer, F Foggetti, U Nowak, PM Oppeneer - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Efficient and fast manipulation of antiferromagnets has to date remained a challenging task,
hindering their application in spintronic devices. For ultrafast operation of such devices, it is …

Ultrafast magnetic switching of GdFeCo with electronic heat currents

RB Wilson, J Gorchon, Y Yang, CH Lambert… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We report the magnetic response of Pt/Au/GdFeCo trilayers to optical irradiation of the Pt
surface. For trilayers with Au thickness greater than 50 nm, the great majority of energy is …