Ultrafast Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnetic Nickel
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The relaxation processes of electrons and spins systems following the absorption of femtosecond optical pulses in ferromagnetic nickel have been studied using optical and magneto-optical pump-probe techniques. The magnetization of the film drops rapidly during the first picosecond, but different electron and spin dynamics are observed for delays in the range 0--5 ps. The experimental results are adequately described by a model including three interacting reservoirs (electron, spin, and lattice).
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Ultrafast demagnetization is due to energy and angular momentum transfer between the electronic, lattice, and spin degrees of freedom in the material.
“This is due to energy and angular momentum transfer between the electronic, lattice, and spin degrees of freedom in the material”
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Ultrafast laser pulses can drive the femtosecond demagnetization of metallic ferromagnetic films.
“ultrafast laser pulses can drive the femtosecond demagnetization of metallic ferromagnetic (FM) films109.”
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- Authors
- Beaurepaire, E., Merle, J.-C., Daunois, A., & Bigot, J.-Y.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- ORCID
- Bigot, J.-Y.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1996-05-27
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 22
- Pages
- 4250-4253
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2093470517
- Cited by
- 2,457
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- 15
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- FWCI
- 7.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Magnetic properties of thin films
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Keywords
- ultrafast spin dynamics, ferromagnetic nickel, femtosecond optical excitation, magnetic relaxation, electron spin relaxation, spin-lattice coupling
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