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Two-magnon bound state causes ultrafast thermally induced magnetisation switching

Barker, J.; Atxitia, U.; Hovorka, O.; Ostler, T. A.; Chubykalo-Fesenko, O.; Chantrell, R. W.

Authors

J. Barker

U. Atxitia

O. Hovorka

T. A. Ostler

O. Chubykalo-Fesenko

R. W. Chantrell



Abstract

There has been much interest recently in the discovery of thermally induced magnetisation switching using femtosecond laser excitation, where a ferrimagnetic system can be switched deterministically without an applied magnetic field. Experimental results suggest that the reversal occurs due to intrinsic material properties, but so far the microscopic mechanism responsible for reversal has not been identified. Using computational and analytic methods we show that the switching is caused by the excitation of two-magnon bound states, the properties of which are dependent on material factors. This discovery allows us to accurately predict the onset of switching and the identification of this mechanism will allow new classes of materials to be identified or designed for memory devices in the THz regime.

Citation

Barker, J., Atxitia, U., Hovorka, O., Ostler, T. A., Chubykalo-Fesenko, O., & Chantrell, R. W. (2013). Two-magnon bound state causes ultrafast thermally induced magnetisation switching. Scientific reports, 3, Article 3262. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03262

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 30, 2013
Online Publication Date Nov 20, 2013
Publication Date Nov 29, 2013
Deposit Date Jun 15, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jun 20, 2022
Journal Scientific Reports
Print ISSN 2045-2322
Electronic ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Article Number 3262
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03262
Keywords Atomistic models Ferromagnetism; Information storage; Magnetic properties and materials
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4014557

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