All-optical manipulation and probing of the d–f exchange interaction in EuTe

RR Subkhangulov, AB Henriques, PHO Rappl… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
We demonstrate that the ultrafast fast dynamics of the d–f exchange interaction, between
conduction band electrons and lattice spins in EuTe, can be accessed using an all-optical …

Spin-induced optical second harmonic generation in the centrosymmetric magnetic semiconductors EuTe and EuSe

B Kaminski, M Lafrentz, RV Pisarev, DR Yakovlev… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
Spectroscopy of the centrosymmetric magnetic semiconductors EuTe and EuSe reveals spin-
induced optical second harmonic generation (SHG) in the band gap vicinity at 2.1–2.4 eV …

Photoinduced giant magnetic polarons in EuTe

AB Henriques, AR Naupa, PA Usachev, VV Pavlov… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Photoinduced magnetic polarons in EuTe, with a magnetic moment of several hundred Bohr
magnetons, were investigated as a function of pump intensity and temperature by pump …

Optical second harmonic generation in the centrosymmetric magnetic semiconductors EuTe and EuSe

B Kaminski, M Lafrentz, RV Pisarev, DR Yakovlev… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
The magnetic europium chalcogenide semiconductors EuTe and EuSe are investigated by
the spectroscopy of second harmonic generation (SHG) in the vicinity of the optical band …

Ultrafast light switching of ferromagnetism in EuSe

AB Henriques, X Gratens, PA Usachev, VA Chitta… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate that light resonant with the band gap forces the antiferromagnetic
semiconductor EuSe to enter ferromagnetic alignment in the picosecond timescale. A …

Converting Faraday rotation into magnetization in europium chalcogenides

SCP Van Kooten, PA Usachev, X Gratens… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We present a simple semiclassical model to sustain that in europium chalcogenides (EuX),
Faraday rotation (FR) in the transparency gap is proportional to the magnetization of the …

Optical third-harmonic spectroscopy of the magnetic semiconductor EuTe

M Lafrentz, D Brunne, B Kaminski, VV Pavlov… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
EuTe possesses the centrosymmetric crystal structure m 3 m of rocksalt type in which the
second-harmonic generation is forbidden in electric dipole approximation but the third …

Direct optical probing of ultrafast spin dynamics in a magnetic semiconductor

SCP van Kooten, G Springholz, AB Henriques - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We uncovered the spin dynamics involved in the birth and growth of giant spin polarons in a
magnetic semiconductor. For this purpose, we developed a measurement technique which …

Modeling the dichroic absorption band edge and light-induced magnetism in EuTe

AB Henriques, MA Manfrini, PHO Rappl… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
The band-edge optical absorption in EuTe is studied in the framework of the 5 d conduction
band atomic model. Both relaxed antiferromagnetic order, and ferromagnetic order induced …

Zero-phonon emission and magnetic polaron parameters in EuTe

AB Henriques, GD Galgano, E Abramof, B Diaz… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A phonon structure in the photoluminescence of EuTe was discovered, with a well-defined
zero-phonon emission line (ZPL). The ZPL redshifts linearly with the intensity of applied …