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 …

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 …

We review the recent progress in experimental and theoretical research of interactions
between the acoustic, magnetic and plasmonic transients in hybrid metal-ferromagnet …

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 …

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 demagnetization can be induced either coherently by direct interaction with the
optical light field or indirectly via excitation of the electron system, which subsequently …

Ultrafast transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (T-MOKE) spectroscopy in the extreme
ultraviolet spectral range provides element-specific information about the magnetization …

We present evidence for an ultrafast optically induced ferromagnetic alignment of
antiferromagnetic Mn in Co/Mn multilayers. We observe the transient ferromagnetic signal at …

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 …

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 …