3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021
Differentiating Contributions of Electrons and Phonons to the Thermoreflectance Spectra of Gold
Kexin Liu, Xinping Shi, Frank Angeles +4
To better understand the many effects of temperature on the optical properties of metals, we experimentally and theoretically quantify the electron vs. phonon contributions to the…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Unifying femtosecond and picosecond single-pulse magnetic switching in GdFeCo
Florian Jakobs, Thomas Ostler, Charles-Henri Lambert +6
Many questions are still open regarding the physical mechanisms behind the magnetic switching in GdFeCo alloys by single optical pulses. Phenomenological models suggest a femtoseco…
physics.app-ph2019
Picosecond Spin Orbit Torque Switching
Kaushalya Jhuria, Julius Hohlfeld, Akshay Pattabi +13
Reducing energy dissipation while increasing speed in computation and memory is a long-standing challenge for spintronics research. In the last 20 years, femtosecond lasers have em…