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SUBMITTER: Pfau B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3493637 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pfau B B Schaffert S S Müller L L Gutt C C Al-Shemmary A A Büttner F F Delaunay R R Düsterer S S Flewett S S Frömter R R Geilhufe J J Guehrs E E Günther C M CM Hawaldar R R Hille M M Jaouen N N Kobs A A Li K K Mohanty J J Redlin H H Schlotter W F WF Stickler D D Treusch R R Vodungbo B B Kläui M M Oepen H P HP Lüning J J Grübel G G Eisebitt S S
Nature communications 20120101
During ultrafast demagnetization of a magnetically ordered solid, angular momentum has to be transferred between the spins, electrons, and phonons in the system on femto- and picosecond timescales. Although the intrinsic spin-transfer mechanisms are intensely debated, additional extrinsic mechanisms arising due to nanoscale heterogeneity have only recently entered the discussion. Here we use femtosecond X-ray pulses from a free-electron laser to study thin film samples with magnetic domain patte ...[more]