Ultrafast non-thermal manipulation of magnetization by light relies on either indirect coupling
of the electric field component of the light with spins via spin-orbit interaction or direct …

We exploit an intense terahertz magnetic near field combined with femtosecond laser
excitation to break the symmetry of photoinduced spin reorientation paths in ErFeO 3. We …

The microscopic origin of ultrafast modification of the ratio between the symmetric (J) and
antisymmetric (D) exchange interaction in antiferromagnetic iron oxides is revealed, using …

Time-resolved magneto-optical imaging of laser-excited rare-earth orthoferrite (SmPr) FeO 3
demonstrates that a single 60 fs circularly polarized laser pulse is capable of creating a …

Ultrafast laser control of magnetism is one of the most exciting and challenging issues in
physics and technology. Such a technique may provide the solution to the need for an ever …

Ultrafast control of magnets using femtosecond light pulses attracts interest regarding
applications and fundamental physics of magnetism. Antiferromagnets are promising …

The vision of using light to manipulate electronic and spin excitations in materials on their
fundamental time and length scales requires new approaches in experiment and theory to …

We study ultrafast magnetization quenching of ferromagnetic iron following excitation by an
optical versus a terahertz pump pulse. While the optical pump (photon energy of 3.1 eV) …

Interest in manipulating the magnetic order by ultrashort laser pulses has thrived since it was
observed that such pulses can be used to alter the magnetization on a sub-picosecond …

In the last decade, a new area of research, referred to as femtomagnetism, has developed
within the field of magnetism, which studies the excitation and control of magnetic medium …