Excitation of coupled spin–orbit dynamics in cobalt oxide by femtosecond laser pulses

Takuya Satoh; Ryugo Iida; Takuya Higuchi; Yasuhiro Fujii; Akitoshi Koreeda; Hiroaki Ueda; Tsutomu Shimura; Kazuo Kuroda; V. I. Butrim; B. A. Ivanov

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00616-2

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Excitation of coupled spin–orbit dynamics in cobalt oxide by femtosecond laser pulses

Takuya Satoh,
Ryugo Iida,
Takuya Higuchi,
Yasuhiro Fujii,
Akitoshi Koreeda,
Hiroaki Ueda,
Tsutomu Shimura,
Kazuo Kuroda,
V. I. Butrim,
B. A. Ivanov

Affiliations

Takuya Satoh: Department of Physics, Kyushu University
Ryugo Iida: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Takuya Higuchi: Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Yasuhiro Fujii: Department of Physical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Akitoshi Koreeda: Department of Physical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Hiroaki Ueda: Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University
Tsutomu Shimura: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Kazuo Kuroda: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
V. I. Butrim: National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”
B. A. Ivanov: Institute of Magnetism, Ukrainian Academy of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00616-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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Light pulses can control magnetism in a material, and the effective creation of magnetic oscillations leads to spintronic devices with higher efficiency. Here, the authors increase the efficiency of magnon excitation by using a material in which orbital angular momenta are not quenched.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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