Control and detection of spin order in ferromagnetic materials is the main principle enabling
magnetic information to be stored and read in current technologies. Antiferromagnetic …

Antiferromagnetic materials could represent the future of spintronic applications thanks to
the numerous interesting features they combine: they are robust against perturbation due to …

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

In the 60 years since the invention of the laser, the scientific community has developed
numerous fields of research based on these bright, coherent light sources, including the …

This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

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 …

Ultrafast laser techniques have revealed extraordinary spin dynamics in magnetic
materials,,,,, that equilibrium descriptions of magnetism cannot explain. Particularly …

The strongest interaction between microscopic spins in magnetic materials is the exchange
interaction J ex. Therefore, ultrafast control of J ex holds the promise to control spins on …

We present a microscopic model that successfully explains the ultrafast equilibration of
magnetic order in ferromagnetic metals at a time scale τ M of only a few hundred …