Deterministic all-optical magnetization writing facilitated by non-local transfer of spin angular momentum

Autor: Youri L. W. van Hees, Paul van de Meugheuvel, Bert Koopmans, Reinoud Lavrijsen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17676-6
Popis: Some magnetic materials can switch magnetization via a single laser pulse. However, while very fast, the mechanism is not deterministic. Here, the authors demonstrate a deterministic method of writing opposite magnetization states optically with a sequence of one or two laser pulses.
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