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All optical switching (AOS) of the magnetization in synthetic ferrimagnetic Pt/Co/Gd stacks has received considerable interest due to its high potential towards integration with spintronic devices, such as magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs),…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Luding Wang , Youri L. W. van Hees , Reinoud Lavrijsen , Weisheng Zhao , Bert Koopmans

All-optical switching (AOS) of magnetic materials describes the reversal of the magnetization using short (femtosecond) laser pulses, and has been observed in a variety of materials. In the past decade it received extensive attention due to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 Mark L. M. Lalieu , Reinoud Lavrijsen , Bert Koopmans

Single pulse all-optical switching of magnetization (AOS) in Co/Gd based synthetic ferrimagnets carries promises for hybrid spintronic-photonic integration. A crucial next step progressing towards this vision is to gain insight into AOS and…

The fast spin dynamics provide many opportunities for the future communication and memory technologies. One of the most promising examples is the domain wall (DW) racetrack memory. To achieve fast device performances, the high-speed motion…

The current-driven motion of magnetic domain walls (DWs) is the working principle of magnetic racetrack memories. In this type of spintronic technology, high current densities are used to propel DW motion in magnetic nanowires, causing…

The ability to rapidly manipulate domain walls (DWs) in magnetic materials is key to developing novel high-speed spintronic memory and computing devices. Antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials present a particularly promising platform due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Kyle L. Seyler , Hantao Zhang , Daniel Van Beveren , Costel R. Rotundu , Young S. Lee , Ran Cheng , David Hsieh

In this work, we investigate single-shot all-optical switching (AOS) in Tb/Co/Gd/Co/Tb multilayers in an attempt to establish AOS in synthetic ferrimagnets with high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. In particular, we study the effect of…

All-optical switching (AOS) of magnetization by a single femtosecond laser pulse in Co/Gd based synthetic ferrimagnets is the fastest magnetization switching process. On the other hand, He ion irradiation has become a promising tool for…

Antiferromagnetic spintronics is an emerging research field which aims to utilize antiferromagnets as core elements in spintronic devices. A central motivation toward this direction is that antiferromagnetic spin dynamics is expected to be…

Using photo-emission electron microscopy with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism as a contrast mechanism, new insights into the all-optical magnetization switching (AOS) phenomenon in GdFe based rare-earth transition metal ferrimagnetic…

Domain walls in ferrimagnets and antiferromagnets behave as relativistic sine-Gordon solitons with the spin-wave group velocity setting the ultimate velocity of domain walls and speed of magnetic devices. While this relativistic regime has…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-23 Pietro Diona , Luca Maranzana , Sergey Artyukhin , Giacomo Sala

Given the development of hybrid spintronic-photonic devices and chiral magnetic structures, a combined interest in all-optical switching (AOS) of magnetization and current-induced domain wall motion in synthetic ferrimagnetic structures…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 Anni Cao , Youri L. W. van Hees , Reinoud Lavrijsen , Weisheng Zhao , Bert Koopmans

In a number of recent experiments, it has been shown that femtosecond laser pulses can control magnetization on picosecond timescales, which is at least an order of magnitude faster compared to conventional magnetization dynamics. Among…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Jon Gorchon , Charles-Henri Lambert , Yang Yang , Akshay Pattabi , Richard B. Wilson , Sayeef Salahuddin , Jeffrey Bokor

Efficient electrical manipulation of domain walls is key to developing magnetic devices with fast switching capabilities and low energy consumption. Here we demonstrate Bloch-type domain wall velocities exceeding 1 km s$^{-1}$ in the…

Current driven domain wall motion in curved Heavy Metal/Ferrimagnetic/Oxide multilayer strips is investigated using systematic micromagnetic simulations which account for spin-orbit coupling phenomena. Domain wall velocity and…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-25 David Osuna Ruiz , Óscar Alejos , Víctor Raposo , Eduardo Martínez

Due to the difficulty in detecting and manipulating magnetic states of antiferromagnetic materials, studying their switching dynamics using electrical methods remains a challenging task. In this work, by employing heavy metal/rare…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-03 Saima A Siddiqui , Jiahao Han , Joseph T Finley , Caroline A Ross , Luqiao Liu

The ultrafast magnetic dynamics in compensated ferrimagnets not only provides information similar to antiferromagnetic dynamics, but more importantly opens new opportunities for future spintronic devices [Kim et al., Nat. Mater. 16, 1187…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 W. H. Li , Z. Jin , D. L. Wen , X. M. Zhang , M. H. Qin , J. M. Liu

Ultrafast dynamics of antiferromagnetic materials is an appealing feature for novel spintronic devices. Several experiments have shown that both, the static states and the dynamical behavior of the antiferromagnetic order, are strictly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-24 Luis Sanchez-Tejerina , Vito Puliafito , Pedram Khalili Amiri , Mario Carpentieri , Giovanni Finocchio

Domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires are potential building-blocks of future technologies such as racetrack memories, in which data encoded in the domain walls are transported using spin-polarised currents. However, the development of…

Ultrafast control of the magnetization in ps timescales by fs laser pulses offers an attractive avenue for applications such as fast magnetic devices for logic and memory. However, ultrafast helicity-independent all-optical switching…

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