Progress towards ultrafast spintronics applications

A El-Ghazaly, J Gorchon, RB Wilson, A Pattabi… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of ultrafast demagnetization by Bigot and Beaurepaire in 1996 launched the
field of ultrafast magnetism–the study of sub-picosecond magnetization dynamics in …

Spin–orbit torque switching of a ferromagnet with picosecond electrical pulses

K Jhuria, J Hohlfeld, A Pattabi, E Martin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The development of approaches that can efficiently control the magnetization of magnetic
materials is central to the creation of fast and low-power spintronic devices. Spin transfer …

Magnetization manipulation using ultra-short light pulses

Y Xu, S Mangin - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, we discuss the different results demonstrating deterministic magnetization
switching using ultra-fast laser pulses, named all-optical switching (AOS). The response of …

Laser-induced terahertz spin transport in magnetic nanostructures arises from the same force as ultrafast demagnetization

R Rouzegar, L Brandt, L Nádvorník, DA Reiss… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Laser-induced terahertz spin transport (TST) and ultrafast demagnetization (UDM) are
central but so far disconnected phenomena in femtomagnetism and terahertz spintronics …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast spin-currents and charge conversion at 3d-5d interfaces probed by time-domain terahertz spectroscopy

TH Dang, J Hawecker, E Rongione… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Spintronic structures are extensively investigated for their spin–orbit torque properties,
required for magnetic commutation functionalities. Current progress in these materials is …

Ultrafast magnetization reversal by picosecond electrical pulses

Y Yang, RB Wilson, J Gorchon, CH Lambert… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The field of spintronics involves the study of both spin and charge transport in solid-state
devices. Ultrafast magnetism involves the use of femtosecond laser pulses to manipulate …

Ultrafast demagnetization of iron induced by optical versus terahertz pulses

AL Chekhov, Y Behovits, JJF Heitz, C Denker… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
We study ultrafast magnetization quenching of ferromagnetic iron following excitation by an
optical versus a terahertz pump pulse. While the optical pump (photon energy of 3.1 eV) …

Is terahertz emission a good probe of the spin current attenuation length?

J Gorchon, S Mangin, M Hehn, G Malinowski - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Terahertz (THz) emission from magnetic films has recently become an important
characterization tool of spintronic properties, particularly since no patterning is required. One …

Picosecond acoustic-excitation-driven ultrafast magnetization dynamics in dielectric Bi-substituted yttrium iron garnet

M Deb, E Popova, M Hehn, N Keller, S Mangin… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Using femtosecond optical pulses, we have investigated the ultrafast magnetization
dynamics induced in a dielectric film of bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) …

Parametric dependence of hot electron relaxation timescales on electron-electron and electron-phonon interaction strengths

RB Wilson, S Coh - Communications Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding how photoexcited electron dynamics depend on electron-electron (ee) and
electron-phonon (ep) interaction strengths is important for many fields, eg ultrafast …