Extending the scope and understanding of all-optical magnetization switching in Gd-based alloys by controlling the underlying temperature transients

Autor: Verges, Maxime, Zhang, Wei, Remy, Quentin, Le-Guen, Yann, Gorchon, Jon, Malinowski, Gregory, Mangin, Stephane, Hehn, Michel, Hohlfeld, Julius
Rok vydání: 2023
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: We use the thickness of Cu layers to control all-optical switching of magnetization in adjacent Gd$_{24}$(Fe$_9$0Co$_{10}$)$_{76}$ films. While increasing the Cu thickness from 5 to 900nm has no effect on the switching threshold, it significantly enlarges the fluence and pulse duration at which multiple domains emerge. Having shown that thermally activated multi-domain formation limits the maximum fluence and pulse duration for controlled switching, we demonstrate that continuous magnetization reversal precedes multi-domain formation in Gd$_{18}$Dy$_4$Co$_{78}$ films excited with fluences slightly larger than the multi-domain threshold.
Databáze: arXiv