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most citedLaser-Induced Magnetic Nanostructures with Tunable Topological Properties

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22 papers

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 12 cited

Non-equilibrium dynamics of spin-lattice coupling

Hiroki Ueda, Roman Mankowsky, Eugenio Paris +18

Interactions between the different degrees of freedom form the basis of many manifestations of intriguing physics in condensed matter. In this respect, quantifying the dynamics of…

cond-mat.other2022★ 8 cited

Impact ionization in low-band-gap semiconductors driven by ultrafast THz excitation: beyond the ballistic regime

Simone Biasco, Florence Burri, Sarah Houver +3

Using two-dimensional THz spectroscopy in combination with numerical models, we investigate the dynamics linked to carrier multiplication caused by high-field THz excitation of the…

physics.optics2022★ 4 cited

Solid-State Biased Coherent Detection of Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Pulses for high repetition rate, low pulse energy lasers

Tim Suter, Alessandro Tomasino, Matteo Savoini +3

We report the coherent generation and detection of terahertz (THz) pulses covering the bandwidth of 0.1-9 THz in a high repetition rate, low pulse energy laser system. In this work…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 3 cited

Photoinduced structural dynamics of multiferroic TbMnO

Elsa Abreu, Matteo Savoini, Larissa Boie +17

We use time-resolved hard x-ray diffraction to investigate the structural dynamics of the multiferroic insulator TbMnO in the low temperature antiferromagnetic and ferroelectri…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 9 cited

Optical excitation of electromagnons in hexaferrite

Hiroki Ueda, Hoyoung Jang, Sae Hwan Chun +11

Understanding ultrafast magnetization dynamics on the microscopic level is of strong current interest due to the potential for applications in information storage. In recent years,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 59 cited

Nonequilibrium Charge-Density-Wave Order Beyond the Thermal Limit

J. Maklar, Y. W. Windsor, C. W. Nicholson +17

The interaction of many-body systems with intense light pulses may lead to novel emergent phenomena far from equilibrium. Recent discoveries, such as the optical enhancement of the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 20 cited

Comparison of coherent phonon generation by electronic and ionic Raman scattering in LaAlO

Martin J. Neugebauer, Dominik M. Juraschek, Matteo Savoini +5

In ionic Raman scattering, infrared-active phonons mediate a scattering process that results in the creation or destruction of a Raman-active phonon. This mechanism relies on nonli…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 2 cited

Ultrafast modulation of covalency in GeTe driven by a ferroelectric soft mode

Bulat Burganov, Vladimir Ovuka, Matteo Savoini +4

The general idea of using ultrashort light pulses to control ferroic order parameters has recently attracted attention as a means to achieve control over material properties on unp…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 20 cited

Optical control of vibrational coherence triggered by an ultrafast phase transition

M. J. Neugebauer, T. Huber, M. Savoini +13

Femtosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction is employed to study the dynamics of the periodic lattice distortion (PLD) associated with the charge-density-wave (CDW) in K0.3MoO3. Us…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 31 cited

Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of the antiferrodistortive phase in Ca doped SrTiO3

M. Porer, M. Fechner, E. Bothschafter +19

The ultrafast dynamics of the octahedral rotation in Ca:SrTiO3 is studied by time resolved x-ray diffraction after photo excitation over the band gap. By monitoring the diffraction…

cond-mat.str-el2018★ 241 cited

The Ultrafast Einstein-De Haas Effect

Christian Dornes, Yves Acremann, Matteo Savoini +20

The original observation of the Einstein-de Haas effect was a landmark experiment in the early history of modern physics that illustrates the relationship between magnetism and ang…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 19 cited

The photoinduced transition in magnetoresistive manganites: a comprehensive view

V. Esposito, L. Rettig, E. Abreu +12

We use femtosecond x-ray diffraction to study the structural response of charge and orbitally ordered PrCaMnO thin films across a phase transition induced by 800 nm…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 16 cited

Domain size effects on the dynamics of a charge density wave in 1T-TaS2

G. Lantz, C. Laulhé, S. Ravy +11

Recent experiments have shown that the high temperature incommensurate (I) charge density wave (CDW) phase of 1T-TaS2 can be photoinduced from the lower temperature, nearly commens…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 4 cited

Coupling between a charge density wave and magnetism in an Heusler material

G. Lantz, M. J. Neugebauer, M. Kubli +10

The Prototypical magnetic memory shape alloy NiMnGa undergoes various phase transitions as a function of temperature, pressure, and doping. In the low-temperature phases below…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 83 cited

Watching the birth of a charge density wave order: diffraction study on nanometer-and picosecond-scales

C. Laulhé, T. Huber, G. Lantz +18

Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction is used to study a photo-induced phase transition between two charge density wave (CDW) states in 1T-TaS, namely the nearly commensu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 33 cited

Magnetic switching in granular FePt layers promoted by near-field laser enhancement

Patrick W. Granitzka, Emmanuelle Jal, Loïc Le Guyader +20

Light-matter interaction at the nanoscale in magnetic materials is a topic of intense research in view of potential applications in next-generation high-density magnetic recording.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 34 cited

All-optical magnetization switching in ferrimagnetic alloys: deterministic vs thermally activated dynamics

L. Le Guyader, S. El Moussaoui, M. Buzzi +7

Using photo-emission electron microscopy with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism as a contrast mechanism, new insights into the all-optical magnetization switching (AOS) phenomenon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014

Nanoscale confinement of all-optical switching in TbFeCo using plasmonic antennas

TianMin Liu, Tianhan Wang, Alexander H. Reid +17

All-optical switching (AOS) of magnetic domains by femtosecond laser pulses was first observed in the transition metal-rare earth (TM-RE) alloy GdFeCo1-5; this phenomenon demonstra…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 98 cited

Sub-diffraction sub-100 ps all-optical magnetic switching by passive wavefront shaping

L. Le Guyader, M. Savoini, S. El Moussaoui +7

The recently discovered magnetization reversal driven solely by a femtosecond laser pulse has been shown to be a promising way to record information at record breaking speeds. Seek…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 333 cited

Laser-Induced Magnetic Nanostructures with Tunable Topological Properties

M. Finazzi, M. Savoini, A. R. Khorsand +6

We report the creation and real-space observation of magnetic structures with well-defined topological properties and a lateral size as low as about 150 nm. They are generated in a…

physics.optics2012★ 23 cited

Optical energy optimization at the nanoscale by near-field interference

Benny Koene, Matteo Savoini, Alexey V. Kimel +2

Employing plasmonic antennas for subdiffraction focusing of light on recording media requires to take into account the complete structure of the medium, including dielectric cover…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2008★ 22 cited

All optical sub diffraction multilevel data encoding onto azo polymeric thin films

Matteo Savoini, Paolo Biagioni, Lamberto Duo' +1

By exploiting photo-induced reorientation in azo-polymer thin films, we demonstrate all-optical polarization-encoded information storage with a scanning near-field optical microsco…