Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
Spin-current-mediated rapid magnon localisation and coalescence after ultrafast optical pumping of ferrimagnetic alloys
- E. Iacocca,
- T.-M. Liu,
- A. H. Reid,
- Z. Fu,
- S. Ruta,
- P. W. Granitzka,
- E. Jal,
- S. Bonetti,
- A. X. Gray,
- C. E. Graves,
- R. Kukreja,
- Z. Chen,
- D. J. Higley,
- T. Chase,
- L. Le Guyader,
- K. Hirsch,
- H. Ohldag,
- W. F. Schlotter,
- G. L. Dakovski,
- G. Coslovich,
- M. C. Hoffmann,
- S. Carron,
- A. Tsukamoto,
- A. Kirilyuk,
- A. V. Kimel,
- Th. Rasing,
- J. Stöhr,
- R. F. L. Evans,
- T. Ostler,
- R. W. Chantrell,
- M. A. Hoefer,
- T. J. Silva,
- H. A. Dürr
Affiliations
- E. Iacocca
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado
- T.-M. Liu
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- A. H. Reid
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Z. Fu
- School of Physics, Science, and Engineering, Tongji University
- S. Ruta
- Department of Physics, University of York
- P. W. Granitzka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- E. Jal
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Bonetti
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- A. X. Gray
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. E. Graves
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. Kukreja
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Z. Chen
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- D. J. Higley
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- T. Chase
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- L. Le Guyader
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- K. Hirsch
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- H. Ohldag
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. F. Schlotter
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- G. L. Dakovski
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- G. Coslovich
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. C. Hoffmann
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Carron
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- A. Tsukamoto
- Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Nihon University
- A. Kirilyuk
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University
- A. V. Kimel
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University
- Th. Rasing
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University
- J. Stöhr
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. F. L. Evans
- Department of Physics, University of York
- T. Ostler
- Physique des Matériaux et Nanostructures, Université de Liège
- R. W. Chantrell
- Department of Physics, University of York
- M. A. Hoefer
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado
- T. J. Silva
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- H. A. Dürr
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09577-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The understanding of the magnetisation evolution upon femtosecond optical pumping remains elusive. The authors perform resonant X-ray magnetic scattering measurements and multiscale simulations that reveal rapid magnetic order recovery in ferrimagnets via nonlinear magnon processes.
