Exchange-driven all-optical magnetic switching in compensated <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> ferrimagnets
C. S. Davies, G. Bonfiglio, Karsten Rode, Jean Besbas, Chandrima Banerjee, Plamen Stamenov, J. M. D. Coey, A. V. Kimel, A. Kirilyuk
Abstract
The authors experimentally resolve the pulse- and temperature-dependent limits of single-shot alloptical magnetic switching in the compensated three dimensional ferrimagnet, revealing that the process is driven by exchange relaxation.
Topics & Concepts
FerrimagnetismRelaxation (psychology)PhysicsAlgorithmComputer scienceMagnetizationMedicineMagnetic fieldQuantum mechanicsInternal medicineQuantum optics and atomic interactionsMagnetic properties of thin filmsQuantum and electron transport phenomena