Laser-induced magnetization dynamics in a cobalt/garnet heterostructure

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...

Dynamics of laser-induced spin reorientation in Co/SmFeO3 heterostructure

Electric-field-induced magnetization reversal in a ferromagnet-multiferroic heterostructure.

A reversal of magnetization requiring only the application of an electric field can lead to low-power spintronic devices by eliminating conventional magnetic switching methods. Here we show a nonvolatile, room temperature magnetization reversal determined by an electric field in a ferromagnet-multiferroic system. The effect is reversible and mediated by an interfacial magnetic coupling dictated...

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 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...