Tracking picosecond strain pulses in heterostructures that exhibit giant magnetostriction

S. P. Zeuschner T. Parpiiev, T. Pezeril, A. Hillion +8

We combine ultrafast X-ray diffraction (UXRD) and time-resolved Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) measurements to monitor the strain pulses in laser-excited TbFe2/Nb heterostructu…