The spontaneous magnetic orders arising in ferro-, ferri-and antiferromagnets stem from
various magnetic interactions. Depending on the interplay and competition among the …

Laser pulses are the shortest stimulus known to control the magnetization of materials and to
switch magnetic devices on the picosecond to femtosecond timescales. Femtosecond laser …

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

Multiple logic devices are presently under study within the Nanoelectronic Research
Initiative (NRI) to carry the development of integrated circuits beyond the complementary …

We experimentally demonstrate that the magnetization can be reversed in a reproducible
manner by a single 40 femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulse, without any applied …

We have produced a stretchable form of silicon that consists of submicrometer single-crystal
elements structured into shapes with microscale, periodic, wavelike geometries. When …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

Inorganic nanoparticles exhibit size-dependent properties that are of interest for applications
ranging from biosensing,,,, and catalysis to optics and data storage. They are readily …

Micromagnetics has been the method of choice to interpret experimental data in the area of
microscopic magnetism for several decades. In this article, we show how progress has been …

All magnetically ordered materials can be divided into two primary classes: ferromagnets,
and antiferromagnets. Since ancient times, ferromagnetic materials have found vast …