Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials

P Jiang, X Qian, R Yang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Measuring thermal properties of materials is not only of fundamental importance in
understanding the transport processes of energy carriers (electrons and phonons in solids) …

Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

[HTML][HTML] Spintronic sources of ultrashort terahertz electromagnetic pulses

TS Seifert, L Cheng, Z Wei, T Kampfrath, J Qi - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Spintronic terahertz emitters are broadband and efficient sources of terahertz radiation,
which emerged at the intersection of ultrafast spintronics and terahertz photonics. They are …

Superdiffusive spin transport as a mechanism of ultrafast demagnetization

M Battiato, K Carva, PM Oppeneer - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
We propose a semiclassical model for femtosecond laser-induced demagnetization due to
spin-polarized excited electron diffusion in the superdiffusive regime. Our approach treats …

Ultrafast Coherent THz Lattice Dynamics Coupled to Spins in the van der Waals Antiferromagnet FePS3

F Mertens, D Mönkebüscher, U Parlak… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coherent THz optical lattice and hybridized phonon–magnon modes are triggered by
femtosecond laser pulses in the antiferromagnetic van der Waals semiconductor FePS3 …

Ultrafast magnetization enhancement in metallic multilayers driven by superdiffusive spin current

D Rudolf, C La-O-Vorakiat, M Battiato, R Adam… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Uncovering the physical mechanisms that govern ultrafast charge and spin dynamics is
crucial for understanding correlated matter as well as the fundamental limits of ultrafast spin …

Ultrafast spin transport as key to femtosecond demagnetization

A Eschenlohr, M Battiato, P Maldonado, N Pontius… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Irradiating a ferromagnet with a femtosecond laser pulse is known to induce an ultrafast
demagnetization within a few hundred femtoseconds. Here we demonstrate that direct laser …

Theory of laser-induced ultrafast superdiffusive spin transport in layered heterostructures

M Battiato, K Carva, PM Oppeneer - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2012 - APS
Femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic material creates energetic spin-polarized
electrons that have anomalous transport characteristics. We develop a semiclassical theory …

Ultrafast optically induced spin transfer in ferromagnetic alloys

M Hofherr, S Häuser, JK Dewhurst, P Tengdin… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The vision of using light to manipulate electronic and spin excitations in materials on their
fundamental time and length scales requires new approaches in experiment and theory to …