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The enigmatic coupling between electronic and magnetic phenomena was one of the riddles propelling the development of modern electromagnetism. Today, the fully controlled electric field evolution of ultrashort laser pulses permits the…
Linear terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is a sensitive probe for material characterization including thickness measurements of thin layers. These applications critically rely on a sufficiently large bandwidth, which is not…
The interaction of terahertz (THz) radiation with high-frequency spin resonances in complex magnetic materials is central for modern ultrafast magnonics. Here we demonstrate strong variations of the excitation efficiency of the sub-THz…
Spintronics, a transformative field of research, leverages the spin of electron to revolutionize electronic devices, offering significant advantages over traditional charge-based systems. This chapter highlights the critical role of novel…
Insulating antiferromagnets are anticipated as the main protagonists of ultrafast spintronics, with their intrinsic terahertz dynamics and their abililty to transport spin information over long distances. However, direct transfer of spin…
Spintronics has become a broad and important research field that intersects with magnetism, nano-electronics, and materials science. Its overarching aim is to provide a fundamental understanding of spin-dependent phenomena in solid-state…
Terahertz (THz) spin-to-charge conversion has become an increasingly important process for THz pulse generation and as a tool to probe ultrafast spin interactions at magnetic interfaces. However, its relation to traditional, steady state,…
This year the discovery of femtosecond demagnetization by laser pulses is 20 years old. For the first time this milestone work by Bigot and coworkers gave insight in a very direct way into the time scales of microscopic interactions that…
The capability of magnons to hybridize and strongly couple with diverse excitations offers a promising avenue for realizing and controlling emergent properties that hold significant potential for applications in devices, circuits, and…
Metallic spintronic THz emitters have become well-established for offering ultra-broadband, gap-less THz emission in a variety of excitation regimes, in combination with reliable fabrication and excellent scalability. However, so far, their…
Research in spintronics often involves generation of heat in nanoscale magnetic systems. This heat generation can be intentional, as when studying effects created by an external applied temperature difference, or unintentional, coming as a…
Understanding the transfer of spin angular momentum is essential in modern magnetism research. A model case is the generation of magnons in magnetic insulators by heating an adjacent metal film. Here, we reveal the initial steps of this…
Tailored light excitation and nonlinear control of lattice vibrations have emerged as powerful strategies to manipulate the properties of quantum materials out of equilibrium. Generalizing the use of coherent phonon-phonon interactions to…
Spintronics uses spins, the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, as an alternative for the electron charge. Its long-term goal is in the development of beyond-Moore low dissipation technology devices. Recent progress demonstrated the…
Uniaxial spintronic heterostructures constitute compact THz emitters under femtosecond optical excitation, with emission amplitude and polarization governed by the applied magnetic field is presented. We demonstrate here efficient…
Femtosecond laser-induced photoexcitation of ferromagnet (FM)/heavy metal (HM) heterostructures have attracted attention by emitting broadband terahertz frequencies. The phenomenon relies on the formation of ultrafast spin current, which is…
Two channels of the sd exchange interaction are considered in magnetic junctions. The first channel describes the interaction of transversal spins with the lattice magnetization. The second one describes the interaction of longitudinal…
The interaction between lattice and spins is at the heart of an extremely intriguing ultrafast dynamics in magnetic materials. In this work we formulate a general non-equilibrium theory that disentangles the complex interplay between them…
There is a renewed interest to study spin-polarized transport and spin dynamics in various electronic materials. The motivation to examine the spin degrees of freedom (mostly in electrons, but also in holes and nuclei) comes from various…
Excitation of coherent high-frequency magnons (quanta of spin waves) is critical to the development of high-speed magnonic devices. Here we computationally demonstrate the excitation of coherent sub-terahertz (THz) magnons in ferromagnetic…