Spintronic devices use spin instead of charge to process information and are widely
considered as promising candidates for next-generation electronic devices. In past decades …

We review and discuss the process of single-shot helicity-independent all-optical switching
of magnetization by which a single suitably-fast excitation, under the right conditions, toggles …

When exciting a magnetic material with a femtosecond laser pulse, the amplitude of
magnetization is no longer constant and can decrease within a time scale comparable to the …

All-optical switching of magnetic order presents a promising route toward faster and more
energy efficient data storage. However, a realization in future devices is ultimately …

Single-pulse magnetization switching by femtosecond laser pulses is the fastest way to
manipulate magnetization. To date, among rare-earth transition metal alloys, single-pulse …

We bridge an essential knowledge gap on the understanding of all-optical ultrafast switching
in ferrimagnets, namely, the connection between atomistic spin dynamics methods and …

In view of the recent increased interest in light-induced manipulation of magnetism in
nanometric length scales this work presents metal clusters as promising elementary units for …

We offer a perspective on the prospects of ultrafast spintronics and opto-magnetism as a
pathway to high-performance, energy-efficient, and non-volatile embedded memory in …

Femtosecond laser ultrafast thermally induced magnetization switching (TIMS) has also
attracted much attention due to its ability to trigger a single switching at the picosecond …

Both helicity-independent and helicity-dependent all-optical switching processes driven by
single ultrashort laser pulse have been experimentally demonstrated in ferrimagnetic alloys …