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2009
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Conservation of angular momentum and the inverse Faraday effect
Conservation of angular momentum and the inverse Faraday effect
Precession of magnetization via the inverse Faraday effect is investigated with a view of determining the fundamental limit on the precession speed. Such a limit could have important consequences for ultrafast magnetic switching. The angular momentum required for precession is shown to be supplied b...
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Personal Name(s): | Woodford, S. R. |
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Contributing Institute: |
Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; IFF-1 |
Published in: | Physical Review B Physical review / B, 79 79 (2009 2009) 21 21, S. 212412 212412 |
Imprint: |
College Park, Md.
APS
2009
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Physical Description: |
212412 |
DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.212412 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Kondensierte Materie |
Series Title: |
Physical Review B
79 |
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Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/11035 in citations.
Precession of magnetization via the inverse Faraday effect is investigated with a view of determining the fundamental limit on the precession speed. Such a limit could have important consequences for ultrafast magnetic switching. The angular momentum required for precession is shown to be supplied by the light. This indicates that there is no fundamental obstruction to magnetization reversal on the time scale of a laser pulse provided that a material with a sufficiently strong magneto-optical response can be found. |