• DocumentCode
    444263
  • Title

    Saturation of the ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization in nickel

  • Author

    Cheskis, D. ; Porat, A. ; Szapiro, L. ; Potashnik, O. ; Bar-Ad, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    726
  • Abstract
    We show saturation of the sub-picosecond demagnetization in nickel at high excitation densities, conclude that spin relaxation is incomplete, and associate the demagnetization with collapse of the Stoner gap due to band filling effects.
  • Keywords
    demagnetisation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; magneto-optical effects; nickel; Ni; Stoner gap; band filling effect; high excitation density; spin relaxation; sub-picosecond demagnetization; ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization; Demagnetization; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Magnetization; Magnetooptic effects; Nickel; Optical pulses; Polarization; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548917
  • Filename
    1548917