Ultrafast inverse Faraday effect in a paramagnetic terbium gallium garnet crystal
Abstract
Conventional wisdom dictates that magneto-optical and optomagnetic phenomena are reciprocal and of equal strength. We test this assumption in a pump-probe experimental study of the ultrafast inverse Faraday effect in a terbium gallium garnet crystal. The thorough quantitative analysis of the observed polarization response unambiguously demonstrates a remarkable discrepancy of several orders of magnitude between the strengths of the direct and the inverse effects. This finding further questions the validity of standard magnetic models relying on the use of the static Verdet constant on subpicosecond time scales.
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Enhancements of the magneto-optical signal due to microscopic mechanisms like those reported in ref. 26 are ruled out.
“We rule out enhancements of the magneto-optical signal due to microscopic mechanisms like those reported in ref. 26.”
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- Authors
- Mikhaylovskiy, R. V., Hendry, E., & Kruglyak, V. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Venue
- Physical Review B
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2012-09-28
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 10
- ISSN
- 1098-0121 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-235X
- OpenAlex
- W2324686137
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review B (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E055087/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Magnetic properties of thin films
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Keywords
- inverse Faraday effect, terbium gallium garnet, ultrafast magnetization dynamics, Verdet constant, pump-probe spectroscopy, polarization response
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