• DocumentCode
    2785004
  • Title

    Coherent spin dynamics induced by femtosecond pulses in ferromagnets

  • Author

    Bigot, J.-Y. ; Vomir, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Phys. et Chimie des Mater. de Strasbourg, Univ. de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    According to the fundamental equations of the relativistic quantum electrodynamics (QED) describing the light matter interaction, a femtosecond laser pulse can instantaneously modify the spin dynamics in a ferromagnetic material. It is this physical phenomenon that precedes the laser induced demagnetization occurring at the femtosecond time scale, that we have investigated using femtosecond optical pulses.
  • Keywords
    ferromagnetic materials; light coherence; magnetisation; coherent spin dynamics; femtosecond laser pulse; femtosecond optical pulses; ferromagnetic material; ferromagnets; laser induced demagnetization; light matter interaction; relativistic quantum electrodynamics; Demagnetization; Laser theory; Magnetic materials; Magnetization; Nickel; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192018
  • Filename
    5192018