Laser-driven first-order spin reorientation and Verwey phase transitions in the magnetite Fe${}_3$O${}_4$ beyond the range of thermodynamic equilibrium

A. V. Kuzikova, L. A. Shelukhin, F. M. Maksimov +3

Ultrafast photo-induced phase transitions occurring under the impact of femtosecond laser pulses provide versatile opport unities for switching solids between distinctly-different…