The recent construction of free electron lasers allows extending laboratory-based laser
experiments to shorter wavelengths, accessing wavevectors typical of nanoscale dynamics …

We review the phenomenology of light-induced ultrafast magnetization dynamics, with
emphasis on metallic compounds. The interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with …

This year the discovery of femtosecond demagnetization by laser pulses is 20 years old. For
the first time, this milestone work by Bigot and coworkers gave insight directly into the time …

Manipulation of magnetisation with ultrashort laser pulses is promising for information
storage device applications. The dynamics of the magnetisation response depends on the …

Ultrafast laser excitation of a metal causes correlated, highly nonequilibrium dynamics of
electronic and ionic degrees of freedom, which are, however, only poorly captured by the …

The influence of thermal excitations on magnetic materials is a topic of increasing relevance
in the theory of magnetism. The Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation describes magnetisation …

Dissipationless and scattering‐free spin‐based terahertz electronics is the futuristic
technology for energy‐efficient information processing. Femtosecond light pulse provides an …

The limits of areal storage density that is achievable with heat-assisted magnetic recording
are unknown. We addressed this central question and investigated the areal density of bit …

Domain wall displacement in Co/Pt thin films induced by not only femtosecond but also
picosecond laser pulses is demonstrated using time-resolved magneto-optical Faraday …

All-optical helicity-dependent switching in ferromagnetic Co/Pt multilayers is investigated
using magneto-optical microscopy and anomalous Hall effect measurements. A state …