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 …

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

The possibility of manipulating magnetic systems without applied magnetic fields have
attracted growing attention over the past fifteen years. The low-power manipulation of the …

The interplay of light and magnetism allowed light to be used as a probe of magnetic
materials. Now the focus has shifted to use polarized light to alter or manipulate magnetism …

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 …

As CMOS technology begins to face significant scaling challenges, considerable research
efforts are being directed to investigate alternative device technologies that can serve as a …

The idea to use not only the charge but also the spin of electrons in the operation of
electronic devices has led to the development of spintronics, causing a revolution in how …

Femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic material creates energetic spin-polarized
electrons that have anomalous transport characteristics. We develop a semiclassical theory …

Using a time-dependent electrical investigation of the all-optical switching in ferrimagnetic
and ferromagnetic Hall crosses via the anomalous Hall effect, intriguing insights into the rich …

This review discusses the recent studies of magnetization dynamics and the role of angular
momentum in thin films of ferrimagnetic rare-earth–transition metal (RE–TM) alloys, eg …