Antiferromagnetic materials are internally magnetic, but the direction of their ordered
microscopic moments alternates between individual atomic sites. The resulting zero net …

The interaction of subpicosecond laser pulses with magnetically ordered materials has
developed into a fascinating research topic in modern magnetism. From the discovery of …

We predict that a lateral electrical current in antiferromagnets can induce nonequilibrium
Néel-order fields, ie, fields whose sign alternates between the spin sublattices, which can …

Spintronics, or spin electronics, involves the study of active control and manipulation of spin
degrees of freedom in solid-state systems. This article reviews the current status of this …

We experimentally demonstrate that the magnetization can be reversed in a reproducible
manner by a single 40 femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulse, without any applied …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

All magnetically ordered materials can be divided into two primary classes: ferromagnets,
and antiferromagnets. Since ancient times, ferromagnetic materials have found vast …

The magnetocaloric effect is the change in temperature of a material as a result of the
alignment of its magnetic spins that occurs on exposure to an external magnetic field. The …

Magnetization reversal in magnetic particles is one of the fundamental issues in magnetic
data storage. Technological improvements require the understanding of dynamical …

Using an all-optical pump and probe technique, we have investigated the temperature
dependence of the ultrafast magnetic response in a ferrimagnetic amorphous GdFeCo thin …