Pump--probe x-ray microscopy of photo-induced magnetization dynamics at MHz repetition rates
arXiv:2211.01230 · doi:10.1063/4.0000167
Abstract
We present time-resolved scanning x-ray microscopy measurements with picosecond photo-excitation via a tailored infrared pump laser at a scanning transmission x-ray microscope. Specifically, we image the laser-induced demagnetization and remagnetization of thin ferrimagnetic GdFe films proceeding on a few nanoseconds time scale. Controlling the heat load on the sample via additional reflector and heat-sink layers allows us to conduct destruction-free measurements at a repetition rate of \SI{50}{\mega\hertz}. Near-field enhancement of the photo-excitation and controlled annealing effects lead to laterally heterogeneous magnetization dynamics which we trace with \SI{30}{\nano\meter} spatial resolution. Our work opens new opportunities to study photo-induced dynamics on the nanometer scale, with access to picosecond to nanosecond timescales, which is of technological relevance, especially in the field of magnetism.
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