Laser-induced magnetization curve

Demonstration of laser induced magnetization reversal in GdFeCo nanostructures

Ultrafast laser induced local magnetization dynamics in Heusler compounds

The overarching goal of the field of femtomagnetism is to control, via laser light, the magnetic structure of matter on a femtosecond time scale. The temporal limits to the light-magnetism interaction are governed by the fact that the electron spin interacts indirectly with light, with current studies showing a laser induced global loss in the magnetic moment on a time scale of the order of a f...

Laser-induced magnetization dynamics in a cobalt/garnet heterostructure

We report on magnetization dynamics triggered in a Co/garnet heterostructure by femtosecond laser pulses. Although laser excitation of a bare Co-doped yttrium iron garnet leads to magnetization precession, the phase of which strongly depends on the linear polarization of the light pulses, the deposition of an ultrathin Co layer on a top of a garnet film results in substantial changes of the las...

Laser-induced magnetization dynamics of lanthanide-doped permalloy thin films.

We investigate the effect of Ho, Dy, Tb, and Gd impurities on the femtosecond laser-induced magnetization dynamics of thin Permalloy films using the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect. Varying the amount of Ho, Dy, Tb content from 0% to 8%, we observe a gradual change of the characteristic demagnetization time constant from approximately 60 to approximately 150 fs. In contrast, Gd concen...

First-order reversal-curve diagrams and reversible magnetization

First-order reversal curve ~FORC! diagrams have recently been used for the characterization of magnetic systems in both geology and physics. However, the FORC distribution involves a mixed second derivative which reduces the reversible component of the magnetization to zero. As a result, the FORC distribution is not properly normalized. Furthermore, the calculation of the FORC distribution beco...