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Ultrafast spin dynamics: complementing theoretical analyses by quantum state measures

Franziska Ziolkowski1, Oliver Busch1, Ingrid Mertig1

  • 1Institut für Physik, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.

Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal
|January 18, 2023
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density matrix methodslaser-induced demagnetizationspin dynamicstight-binding modelultrafast magnetic effects

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