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We present the first materials specific ab initio theory of the magnetization induced by circularly polarized laser light in metals. Our calculations are based on non-linear density matrix theory and include the effect of absorption. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-28 Marco Berritta , Ritwik Mondal , Karel Carva , Peter M. Oppeneer

The diverse nodal spin structures in d/g/i-wave altermagnets (AM) may cause distinct light-induced spin responses yet remain poorly understood. Using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), we reveal that laser induced ultrafast…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-17 Zhaobo Zhou , Sangeeta Sharma , Junjie He

We investigate the magnetization dynamics through the magnetoimpedance effect in ferromagnetic NiFe/Cu/Co films. We observe that the magnetoimpedance response is dependent on the thickness of the non-magnetic Cu spacer material, a fact…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-22 E. F. Silva , M. Gamino , A. M. H. de Andrade , M. A. Corrêa , M. Vázquez , F. Bohn

We derive an effective Lagrangian in the quasi-antiferromagnetic approximation that allows to describe the magnetization dynamics for uniaxial f-d (rare-earth - transition metal) ferrimagnet near the magnetization compensation point in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-29 M. D. Davydova , K. A. Zvezdin , A. V. Kimel , A. K. Zvezdin

Non-thermal laser induced spin excitations, recently discovered in conventional oxide and metal ferromagnets, open unprecedented opportunities for research and applications of ultrafast optical manipulation of magnetic systems.…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-01-06 P. Nemec , E. Rozkotova , N. Tesarova , F. Trojanek , K. Olejnik , J. Zemen , V. Novak , M. Cukr , P. Maly , T. Jungwirth

Antiferromagnets as active elements of spintronics can be faster than their ferromagnetic counterparts and more robust to magnetic noise. Owing to the strongly exchange-coupled magnetic sublattice structure, antiferromagnetic order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Olena Gomonay , Vincent Baltz , Arne Brataas , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Ultrafast strengthening or quenching of the ferromagnetic order of semiconducting Eu1-xGdxO was achieved by resonant photoexcitation. The modification of the magnetic order is established within 3 ps as revealed by optical second harmonic…

In this work, we study magnetization dynamics in superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor thin-film structures. Results of the broad-band ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy are reported for a large set of samples with varied thickness of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-03-10 I. A. Golovchanskiy , N. N. Abramov , V. V. Ryazanov , A. A. Golubov , V. S. Stolyarov

Spin-polarized antiferromagnets have recently gained significant interest because they combine the advantages of both ferromagnets (spin polarization) and antiferromagnets (absence of net magnetization) for spintronics applications. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-29 Soho Shim , M. Mehraeen , Joseph Sklenar , Steven S. -L. Zhang , Axel Hoffmann , Nadya Mason

Dynamical strain generated upon excitation of a metallic film by a femtosecond laser pulse may become a versatile tool enabling control of magnetic state of thin films and nanostructures via inverse magnetostriction on a picosecond time…

Ultrafast laser pulses provide unique tools to manipulate magnetization dynamics at femtosecond timescales, where the interaction of the electric field -- such as excitation of spin carriers to non-equilibrium states, generation of…

By correlating time- and angle-resolved photoemission and time-resolved transverse- magneto- optical Kerr effect measurements, both at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, we uncover the universal nature of the ultrafast photoinduced magnetic…

Understanding how fast short-range interactions build up long-range order is one of the most intriguing topics in condensed matter physics. FeRh is a test specimen for studying this problem in magnetism, where the microscopic spin-spin…

We present a perspective on the status of antiferromagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) materials. Various types of spin-compensated orders are discussed and include non-collinear order, spin spirals and altermagnetism. Spin-orbit effects…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-09 Thomas Olsen

The transition frequency between nonthermal coherent magnetic precessions and ultrafast demagnetization is arguably the most sought after answer in magnetism science and technology nowadays. So far, it is believed to be in the terahertz…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Mostafa Shalaby , Carlo Vicario , Christoph P. Hauri

Laser-induced switching and manipulation of the spins in magnetic materials are of great interest to revolutionize future magnetic storage technology and spintronics with fastest speed and least power dissipative. Inspired by the recent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-16 Junjie He , Thomas Frauenheim

A mathematical model is developed to analyze the growth/decay rate of surface perturbations of an ultrathin metal film on an amorphous substrate (SiO_{2}). The formulation combines the approach of Mullins [J. Appl. Phys. v30, 77, 1959] for…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 Christopher Favazza , Ramki Kalyanaraman , Radhakrishna Sureshkumar

Sub-picosecond magnetisation manipulation via femtosecond optical pumping has attracted wide attention ever since its original discovery in 1996. However, the spatial evolution of the magnetisation is not yet well understood, in part due to…

First-order magnetic transitions are of both fundamental and technological interest given that a number of emergent phases and functionalities are thereby created. Of particular interest are giant magnetocaloric effects, which are…

We report on time- and angle-resolved transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy in the soft x-ray range that, by analysis via polarization-dependent magnetic scattering simulations, allows us to determine the spatio-temporal and…