Laser pulses are the shortest stimulus known to control the magnetization of materials and to
switch magnetic devices on the picosecond to femtosecond timescales. Femtosecond laser …

We review the phenomenology of light-induced ultrafast magnetization dynamics, with
emphasis on metallic compounds. The interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with …

Control of magnetism has attracted interest in achieving low-power and high-speed
applications such as magnetic data storage and spintronic devices. Two-dimensional …

Using a time-dependent electrical investigation of the all-optical switching in ferrimagnetic
and ferromagnetic Hall crosses via the anomalous Hall effect, intriguing insights into the rich …

Discovering ways to control the magnetic state of media with the lowest possible production
of heat and at the fastest possible speeds is important in the study of fundamental …

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically nontrivial spin textures which hold great promise as
stable information carriers in spintronic devices at the nanoscale. One of the major …

The field of spintronics involves the study of both spin and charge transport in solid-state
devices. Ultrafast magnetism involves the use of femtosecond laser pulses to manipulate …

The interaction between ultrafast lasers and magnetic materials is an appealing topic. It not
only involves interesting fundamental questions that remain inconclusive and hence need …

Time-resolved magneto-optical imaging reveals that the dynamics of the helicity-dependent
all-optical switching (HD-AOS) of Co/Pt ferromagnetic multilayers occurs on the time scales …

Recent observations of switching of magnetic domains in ferromagnetic metals by circularly
polarized light, so-called all-optical helicity dependent switching, has renewed interest in the …