Title :
Ultrafast optical manipulation of interfacial magnetoelectric coupling
Author :
Yu-Miin Sheu ; Trugman, Stuart A. ; Li Yan ; Quanxi Jia ; Taylor, Antoinette J. ; Prasankumar, Rohit P.
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Nanotechnol., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new paradigm for all-optical detection and control of interfacial magnetoelectric coupling on ultrafast timescales, achieved by using time-resolved second harmonic generation (SHG) in a ferroelectric/ferromagnet oxide heterostructure.
Keywords :
barium compounds; calcium compounds; harmonic generation; high-speed optical techniques; lanthanum compounds; magnetoelectric effects; multiferroics; strontium compounds; time resolved spectra; Ba0.1Sr0.9TiO3-La0.7Ca0.3MnO3; all-optical detection; ferroelectric-ferromagnet oxide heterostructure; interfacial magnetoelectric coupling; time-resolved second harmonic generation; ultrafast optical manipulation; Couplings; Magnetoelectric effects; Optical coupling; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Strain; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
