DocumentCode
2795216
Title
Femtosecond opto-magnetism
Author
Kimel, A.V. ; Kirilyuk, A. ; Rasing, Th.
Author_Institution
IMM, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 ED, The Netherlands
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate that circularly polarized laser pulses may selectively excite different modes of magnetic resonance, realize quantum control of magnons, trigger magnetic phase transitions and switch spins in a controllable way on a subpicosecond timescale.
Keywords
Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic switching; Magnetization; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Switches; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431810
Filename
4431810
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