Publication Date:
2012-03-20
Description:
Author(s): Sabine Alebrand, Alexander Hassdenteufel, Daniel Steil, Mirko Cinchetti, and Martin Aeschlimann Contrasting hypotheses have been made about the role played by laser heating and photon helicity in all-optical switching. Here we present an experiment that distinguishes between heating- and helicity-driven effects. We show that even though a minimum amount of circularity is needed to switch, heat... [Phys. Rev. B 85, 092401] Published Mon Mar 19, 2012
Keywords:
Magnetism
Print ISSN:
1098-0121
Electronic ISSN:
1095-3795
Topics:
Physics