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Deterministic all-optical control of magnetization without an applied magnetic field has been reported for different materials such as ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic thin films and granular recording media. These findings have challenged…

We present experimental and computational findings of the laser-induced non-reciprocal motion of magnetization during ultrafast photo-magnetic switching in garnets. We found distinct coherent magnetization precession trajectories and…

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Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin under applied current, and control magnetization dynamics.…

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Conventional computer electronics creates a dichotomy between how information is processed and how it is stored. Silicon chips process information by controlling the flow of charge through a network of logic gates. This information is then…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-11-27 A. Chernyshov , M. Overby , X. Liu , J. K. Furdyna , Y. Lyanda-Geller , L. P. Rokhinson

We develop a theory of the magnetization dynamics triggered by ultrafast optical excitation of ferromagnetic semiconductors. We describe the effects of the strong carrier spin relaxation on the nonlinear optical response by using the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-08-04 J. Chovan , E. G. Kavousanaki , I. E. Perakis

While the understanding of altermagnetism is still at a very early stage, it is expected to play a role in various fields of condensed matter research, for example spintronics, caloritronics and superconductivity. In the field of optical…

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It is well established that light can control magnetism in matter, e.g. via the inverse Faraday effect or ultrafast demagnetization. However, such control is typically limited to magnetization transverse to light's polarization plane, or…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-17 Shuang Liu , Oren Cohen , Peng Chen , Ofer Neufeld

Polarization is a key ingredient of all waves, including the electromagnetic wave, the acoustic wave, as well as the spin wave. Due to the fixed ferromagnetic order, the spin wave in ferromagnet is limited to the right circular…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-30 Jin Lan , Weichao Yu , Jiang Xiao

This paper presents a review of the phenomenon of interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers. The emphasis is put on a pedagogical presentation of the mechanism of the phenomenon, which has been successfully explained in terms of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Patrick Bruno

Interfacing a ferromagnet with a polarized ferroelectric gate generates a non-uniform, interfacial spin density coupled to the ferroelectric polarization allowing so for an electric field control of effective transversal field to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-06 Yaojin Li , Min Chen , Jamal Berakdar , Chenglong Jia

We present a technique for engineering quantum magnets via ultracold polar molecules in optical lattices and explore exotic interplay between its spin superfluidity and solidity. The molecular ground and first excited rotational states are…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2009-10-27 Hongyi Yu , W. M. Liu , Chaohong Lee

Antiferromagnetic materials feature intrinsic ultrafast spin dynamics, making them ideal candidates for future magnonic devices operating at THz frequencies. A major focus of current research is the investigation of optical methods for the…

Efficient and fast manipulation of antiferromagnets has to date remained a challenging task, hindering their application in spintronic devices. For ultrafast operation of such devices, it is highly desirable to be able to control the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-31 Markus Weißenhofer , Francesco Foggetti , Ulrich Nowak , Peter M. Oppeneer

We proposed a novel and simple multilayer structure to realize the deterministic switching of perpendicularly magnetized layers (Co in our work) by spin orbital torque from the spin Hall Effect in this paper. A pinned layer is introduced,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-05-08 Sumei Wang

The valley degree of freedom and the possibility of spin-valley coupling of solid materials have attracted growing interest, and the relaxation dynamics of spin- and valley-polarized states has become an important focus of recent studies.…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-09-24 Dongbin Shin , Hosub Jin , Noejung Park

We theoretically predict a nonequilibrium phase transition in quantum spin systems induced by a laser, which provides a purely quantum-mechanical way of coherently controlling magnetization. Namely, when a circularly polarized laser is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-09-11 Shintaro Takayoshi , Hideo Aoki , Takashi Oka

The ultrafast control of magnetisation states in magnetically ordered systems is a key technological challenge for developing memory devices operable at picosecond timescales or terahertz (THz) frequencies. Despite significant efforts in…

We use a non-equilibrium many-body theory that engages the elements of transient coherence, correlation, and nonlinearity to describe changes in the magnetic and electronic phases of strongly correlated systems induced by femtosecond…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-24 P. C. Lingos , M. D. Kapetanakis , M. Mootz , J. Wang , I. E. Perakis

An effective method for ultrafast magnetization reversal of nanoclusters is suggested. The method is based on coupling a nanocluster to a resonant electric circuit. This coupling causes the appearance of a magnetic feedback field acting on…

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