| Autor: |
Manfred Helm, Johannes Schmidt, Birgit Hebler, Manfred Albrecht, Alexander Hassdenteufel, Christian Schubert, Rudolf Bratschitsch |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical Review B 91(2015)10, 104431-1-104431-7 |
| Popis: |
We demonstrate that a low-remanent sample magnetization MR is crucial for all-optical magnetic switching (AOS) in ferrimagnets and ferrimagnet heterostructures. MR may be devised by the composition of the material. However, it can also be controlled in situ by changing the sample temperature because it affects MR. We show that increasing the lattice temperature by laser pulses or a simple heating resistor enables AOS in a ferrimagnetic Tb-Fe film, which does not exhibit AOS at room temperature. We reconcile earlier contradicting results for AOS in heated and cooled magnetic films by applying the low-remanence criterion. It also applies to other existing rare-earth transition-metal (RE-TM) alloys, such as GdFeCo or Tb-Co, to ferrimagnet heterostructures, and to RE-free synthetic ferrimagnets. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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