Laser-induced magnetization dynamics and reversal in ferrimagnetic alloys

A Kirilyuk, AV Kimel, T Rasing - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This review discusses the recent studies of magnetization dynamics and the role of angular
momentum in thin films of ferrimagnetic rare-earth–transition metal (RE–TM) alloys, eg …

Ferrimagnetic Dynamics Induced by Spin‐Orbit Torques

G Sala, P Gambardella - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ferrimagnets are the magnetic materials with the fastest current‐induced dynamics reported
so far. Among them, rare‐earth transition‐metal (RE‐TM) alloys offer a fertile playground for …

Two-magnon bound state causes ultrafast thermally induced magnetisation switching

J Barker, U Atxitia, TA Ostler, O Hovorka… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
There has been much interest recently in the discovery of thermally induced magnetisation
switching using femtosecond laser excitation, where a ferrimagnetic system can be switched …

Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation for ferrimagnetic materials

U Atxitia, P Nieves, O Chubykalo-Fesenko - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2012 - APS
We derive the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch (LLB) equation for a two-component magnetic system
valid up to the Curie temperature. As an example, we consider disordered GdFeCo …

Determination of intrinsic damping of perpendicularly magnetized ultrathin films from time-resolved precessional magnetization measurements

A Capua, S Yang, T Phung, SSP Parkin - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Magnetization dynamics are strongly influenced by damping, namely, the loss of spin
angular momentum from the magnetic system to the lattice. An “effective” damping constant …

Picosecond acoustic-excitation-driven ultrafast magnetization dynamics in dielectric Bi-substituted yttrium iron garnet

M Deb, E Popova, M Hehn, N Keller, S Mangin… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Using femtosecond optical pulses, we have investigated the ultrafast magnetization
dynamics induced in a dielectric film of bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) …

Excitation and detection of coherent nanoscale spin waves via extreme ultraviolet transient gratings

PR Miedaner, N Berndt, J Deschamps, S Urazhdin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The advent of free electron lasers has opened the opportunity to explore interactions
between extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photons and collective excitations in solids. While EUV …

Switching magnon chirality in artificial ferrimagnet

Y Liu, Z Xu, L Liu, K Zhang, Y Meng, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chirality, an intrinsic degree of freedom, has been barely exploited as the information
carriers in data transmission, processing, computing, etc. Recently the magnons in …

Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy Dependence of Exchange Spin Resonance Mode for Ferrimagnetic GdCoFe Nanoscale Thin Films: Implications for High-Speed …

L Zhang, J Gao, J Che, R Zhang, C Yang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Both the ferromagnetic and exchange resonance modes were investigated in the
ferrimagnetic Gd x (Co80Fe20) 100–x nanoscale thin films by using an all-optical pump …

Laser-induced THz magnetization precession for a tetragonal Heusler-like nearly compensated ferrimagnet

S Mizukami, A Sugihara, S Iihama, Y Sasaki… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Laser-induced magnetization precessional dynamics was investigated in epitaxial films of
Mn 3 Ge, which is a tetragonal Heusler-like nearly compensated ferrimagnet. The …