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The ability to controllably manipulate the laser-induced ultrafast magnetic dynamics is a prerequisite for future high speed spintronic devices. The optimization of devices requires the controllability of the ultrafast demagnetization time,…

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We present a simple and effective instrument for simultaneous real-time imaging and hysteresis of the anisotropic magnetic domain dynamics in thin films using the Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE). We furthermore illustrate that magnetic…

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Spintronics-based nonvolatile components in neuromorphic circuits offer the possibility of realizing novel functionalities at low power. Current-controlled electrical switching of magnetization is actively researched in this context.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-01-10 A. S. Goossens , M. A. T. Leiviskä , T. Banerjee

Spin waves, the fundamental excitations in magnetic materials, are promising candidates for realizing low-dissipation information processing in spintronics. The ability to visualize and manipulate coherent spin-wave transport is crucial for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-06 Carolina Lüthi , Lukas Colombo , Franz Vilsmeier , Christian Back

The present paper introduces a quantum weak measurement (WM) scheme for the measurement of the complex magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). We achieve the simultaneous measurement of the Kerr rotation angle and the ellipticity in a single WM…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-06 Tong Li , Yunhan Wang , Yinghang Jiang , Sijie Zhang , Lan Luo , Zhiyou Zhang

We calculate theoretically the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) in the periodically patterned waveguide made from a diluted magnetic semiconductor. It is demonstrated that the TMOKE is resonantly enhanced when the incident…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-04 Vladimir A. Zakharov , Alexander N. Poddubny

Metamaterials with artificial optical properties have attracted significant research interest. In particular, artificial magnetic resonances in non-unity permeability tensor at optical frequencies in metamaterials have been reported.…

Sagnac interferometry can provide a significant improvement in signal-to-noise ratio compared to conventional magnetic imaging based on the magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). We show that this improvement is sufficient to allow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-24 Saba Karimeddiny , Thow Min Jerald Cham , Orion Smedley , Daniel C. Ralph , Yunqiu Kelly Luo

Magnetic microscopy that combines nanoscale spatial resolution with picosecond scale temporal resolution uniquely enables direct observation of the spatiotemporal magnetic phenomena that are relevant to future high-speed, high-density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Chi Zhang , Jason M. Bartell , Jonathan C. Karsch , Isaiah Gray , Gregory D. Fuchs

Terahertz spintronics offers the prospect of devices which are both faster and more energy-efficient. A promising route to achieve this goal is to exploit current-induced spin-orbit torques. However, the high-frequency properties of these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-21 Filipe S. M. Guimarães , Juba Bouaziz , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Samir Lounis

We demonstrate a combined frequency and time domain investigation of injection-locked, constriction-based spin Hall nano-oscillators by Brillouin light scattering (BLS) and time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect (TR-MOKE). This was…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 T. Hache , T. Weinhold , K. Schultheiss , J. Stigloher , F. Vilsmeier , C. Back , S. S. P. K. Arekapudi , O. Hellwig , J. Fassbender , H. Schultheiss

Simultaneous control of magnetic anisotropy and magnetoresistance, especially with atomic scale precision, remains a pivotal challenge for realizing advanced spintronic functionalities. Here we demonstrate cooperative continuous control…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-04 Sheng Li , Zengxing Lu , Bin Lao , Xuan Zheng , Guoxin Chen , Run-Wei Li , Zhiming Wang

Magnetic refrigeration presents an energy-efficient and environmentally benign alternative to traditional vapour-compression cooling technologies. It relies on the magnetocaloric effect, in which the temperature of a magnetic material…

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Materials potentially hosting Kitaev spin-liquid states are considered crucial for realizing topological quantum computing. However, the intricate nature of spin interactions within these materials complicates the precise measurement of…

We demonstrate the first time-resolved X-ray resonant magnetic scattering (tr-XRMS) experiment at the N edge of Tb at 155 eV performed using a tabletop high-brightness high-harmonic generation (HHG) source. In contrast to static X-ray…

We report the engineering of the polar magnetooptical (MO) Kerr effect in perpendicularly magnetized L10-MnAl epitaxial films with remarkably tuned magnetization, strain, and structural disorder by varying substrate temperature (Ts) during…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-15 Lijun Zhu , Liane Brandt , Jianhua Zhao

We present magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) spectrometer based on a modified Martin-Puplett interferometer, utilizing continuous wave sub-THz low-power radiation in broad frequency range. This spectrometer is capable of measuring the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-03 A. Glezer Moshe , R. Nagarajan , U. Nagel , T. Rõõm , G. Blumberg

This work establishes the time-dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock (TD-RHF) model with spherical symmetry for the first time. The time-dependent integro-differential Dirac equations are solved by expanding Dirac spinors on the spherical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-13 Jing Geng , Zhi Heng Wang , Peng Wei Zhao , Yi Fei Niu , Haozhao Liang , Wen Hui Long

The magnetoresistance (MR) effect is widely employed in technologies that pervade our world from magnetic reading heads to sensors. Diverse contributions to MR, such as anisotropic, giant, tunnel, colossal, and spin-Hall, are revealed in…

Reducing energy dissipation while increasing speed in computation and memory is a long-standing challenge for spintronics research. In the last 20 years, femtosecond lasers have emerged as a tool to control the magnetization in specific…