The spontaneous magnetic orders arising in ferro-, ferri-and antiferromagnets stem from
various magnetic interactions. Depending on the interplay and competition among the …

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 …

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 …

Ultrafast charge and spin excitations in the elusive terahertz regime, of the electromagnetic
spectrum play a pivotal role in condensed matter,,,,,,,,,,. The electric field of free-space …

Synthesis of monodisperse iron-platinum (FePt) nanoparticles by reduction of platinum
acetylacetonate and decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl in the presence of oleic acid and …

The precession of the magnetization of a ferromagnet is shown to transfer spins into
adjacent normal metal layers. This “pumping” of spins slows down the precession …

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 …

We experimentally demonstrate that the magnetization can be reversed in a reproducible
manner by a single 40 femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulse, without any applied …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

Micromagnetics has been the method of choice to interpret experimental data in the area of
microscopic magnetism for several decades. In this article, we show how progress has been …