Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Ultrafast high-harmonic nanoscopy of magnetization dynamics

  • Sergey Zayko,
  • Ofer Kfir,
  • Michael Heigl,
  • Michael Lohmann,
  • Murat Sivis,
  • Manfred Albrecht,
  • Claus Ropers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26594-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Light induced magnetization dynamics can be as fast as few tens of femtoseconds. Here, Zayko et al show ultrafast microscopy based on high-harmonic radiation for direct imaging of ultrafast phenomena and capture femtosecond spin dynamics at the nanoscale.