Explaining the paradoxical diversity of ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization

B Koopmans, G Malinowski, F Dalla Longa, D Steiauf… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Pulsed-laser-induced quenching of ferromagnetic order has intrigued researchers since
pioneering works in the 1990s. It was reported that demagnetization in gadolinium proceeds …

Weak ferromagnetism and magnetoelectric coupling in bismuth ferrite

C Ederer, NA Spaldin - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2005 - APS
We analyze the coupling between the ferroelectric and magnetic order parameters in the
magnetoelectric multiferroic Bi Fe O 3 using density functional theory within the local spin …

Domain-wall motion and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in multilayers

K Shahbazi, JV Kim, HT Nembach, JM Shaw, A Bischof… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is important for chiral domain walls
(DWs) and for stabilizing magnetic skyrmions. We study the effects of introducing increasing …

Depth profile of spin and orbital magnetic moments in a subnanometer Pt film on Co

M Suzuki, H Muraoka, Y Inaba, H Miyagawa… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
The magnetic properties of a few atomic Pt layers on a 15-nm-thick Co film were studied by x-
ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Pt L 2, 3 edges. The spin and orbital …

Elliott-Yafet mechanism and the discussion of femtosecond magnetization dynamics

D Steiauf, M Fähnle - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
In the past it has been questioned whether the Elliott-Yafet mechanism of spin-flip scattering
of electrons at phonons may explain the ultrafast demagnetization of a ferromagnet (mostly …

Evidence of chemical order in CoPt nanoclusters: Direct observation and magnetic signature

F Tournus, A Tamion, N Blanc, A Hannour… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
We report the synthesis and characterization of well-defined CoPt clusters with a mean
diameter of 3 nm, produced in ultrahigh vacuum conditions following a physical route …

Damping of spin dynamics in nanostructures: An ab initio study

D Steiauf, M Fähnle - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2005 - APS
Based on the Fermi surface breathing model of Kamberský, a phenomenological extension
of the ab initio density-functional electron theory is used to derive an equation of motion for …

Static magnetic proximity effect in bilayers investigated by x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity

C Klewe, T Kuschel, JM Schmalhorst, F Bertram… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We present x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity (XRMR) as a very sensitive tool to detect
proximity induced interface spin polarization in Pt/FM heterostructures. Different XRMR …

Magnetic soft X-ray transmission microscopy

P Fischer - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent advances in imaging magnetic microstructures on a nanometer length-scale and
their temporal evolution on a sub-nanosecond time-scale have been achieved with …

Microscopic investigation into the electric field effect on proximity-induced magnetism in Pt

KT Yamada, M Suzuki, AM Pradipto, T Koyama… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
Electric field effects on magnetism in metals have attracted widespread attention, but the
microscopic mechanism is still controversial. We experimentally show the relevancy …