Absorption and generation of femtosecond laser-pulse excited spin currents in non-collinear magnetic bilayers

Mark L. M. Lalieu, Paul L. J. Helgers, Bert Koopmans

Spin currents can be generated on an ultrafast timescale by excitation of a ferromagnetic (FM) thin film with a femtosecond laser-pulse. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the…