Controlling the anisotropy of a van der Waals antiferromagnet with light
Afanasiev, Dmytro, Hortensius, Jorrit R., Matthiesen, Mattias, Mañas-Valero, Samuel, Šiškins, Makars, Lee, Martin, Lesne, Edouard, van der Zant, Herre S. J., Steeneken, Peter G., Ivanov, Boris A., Coronado, Eugenio, Caviglia, Andrea D.
Abstract
<p>Ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy in a van der Waals antiferromagnet activates a sub-THz two-dimensional magnon.</p>
Topics & Concepts
van der Waals forceAntiferromagnetismAnisotropyPhysicsCondensed matter physicsVan der Waals strainVan der Waals surfaceVan der Waals radiusQuantum mechanicsMolecule2D Materials and ApplicationsStrong Light-Matter InteractionsMechanical and Optical Resonators