Spintronic devices use spin instead of charge to process information and are widely
considered as promising candidates for next-generation electronic devices. In past decades …

Laser pulses are the shortest stimulus known to control the magnetization of materials and to
switch magnetic devices on the picosecond to femtosecond timescales. Femtosecond laser …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals magnets provide new opportunities for control
of magnetism at the nanometre scale via mechanisms such as strain, voltage and the …

The interaction of subpicosecond laser pulses with magnetically ordered materials has
developed into a fascinating research topic in modern magnetism. From the discovery of …

The question of how, and how fast, magnetization can be reversed is a topic of great
practical interest for the manipulation and storage of magnetic information. It is generally …

The observation of magnetic domains by magneto-optical microscopy, based on the Kerr
and the Faraday effect, is one of the most prominent techniques for the visualization of …

We propose a semiclassical model for femtosecond laser-induced demagnetization due to
spin-polarized excited electron diffusion in the superdiffusive regime. Our approach treats …

This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

Spintronics encompasses the ever-evolving field of magnetic electronics. It is an applied
discipline that is so forward-looking that much of the research that supports it is at the center …

Ultrafast laser techniques have revealed extraordinary spin dynamics in magnetic
materials,,,,, that equilibrium descriptions of magnetism cannot explain. Particularly …