Comparing all-optical switching in synthetic-ferrimagnetic multilayers and alloys

M Beens, MLM Lalieu, AJM Deenen, RA Duine… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of all-optical switching by single
femtosecond laser pulses. Our experimental results demonstrate that, unlike rare-earth …

All-optical spin switching on an ultrafast time scale

W Hübner, G Lefkidis, GP Zhang - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Information technology revolution demands bigger and faster magnetic storage. All-
optical spin switching (AOS) may offer a solution, where an ultrafast laser pulse alone can …

Tunable competing magnetic anisotropies and spin reconfigurations in ferrimagnetic alloy films

A Chanda, JE Shoup, N Schulz, DA Arena, H Srikanth - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We report a comprehensive study of the temperature evolution of in-plane (IP) and out-of-
plane (OOP) effective magnetic anisotropies in compensated ferrimagnetic Fe 100− x Gd x …

Minimum separation between two pump pulses for ultrafast double magnetization switching in GdFeCo

D Liu, C Jiang, N Wang, C Xu - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Femtosecond laser ultrafast thermally induced magnetization switching (TIMS) has also
attracted much attention due to its ability to trigger a single switching at the picosecond …

Ferromagneticlike states and all-optical magnetization switching in ferrimagnets

VN Gridnev - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We study theoretically the light-induced magnetization switching in a binary ferrimagnet of
the type A p B 1− p, randomly occupied by two different species of magnetic ions. The …

All-optical vectorial control of multistate magnetization through anisotropy-mediated spin-orbit coupling

S Lin, Z Nie, W Yan, Y Liang, H Lin, Q Zhao, B Jia - Nanophotonics, 2019 - degruyter.com
The interplay between light and magnetism is considered as a promising solution to fully
steer multidimensional magnetic oscillations/vectors, facilitating the development of all …

Steering of magnetic domain walls by single ultrashort laser pulses

YA Shokr, O Sandig, M Erkovan, B Zhang, M Bernien… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We present a magnetic domain-imaging study by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism
photoelectron emission microscopy on a Co/Fe 75 Gd 25 bilayer under exposure to single …

Magnetization compensation and spin reorientation transition in ferrimagnetic : Multiscale modeling and element-specific measurements

A Donges, S Khmelevskyi, A Deak, RM Abrudan… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We use a multiscale approach linking ab initio calculations for the parametrization of an
atomistic spin model with spin dynamics simulations based on the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz …

Optical and electric field control of magnetism

A Arora - 2018 - publishup.uni-potsdam.de
Future magnetic recording industry needs a high-density data storage technology. However,
switching the magnetization of small bits requires high magnetic fields that cause excessive …

Dependence of interfacial mixing for thermally induced magnetization switching in Gd/Fe multilayers

C Jiang, D Liu, X Song, C Xu - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The use of femtosecond laser pulses for ultrafast triggering of magnetization switching is of
great interest in multilayer systems with great tunability. At present, the impact of interfacial …