过渡性铁磁类状态介导反铁磁合旋转的超快反转
1Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. i.radu@science.ru.nl
Nature
|April 1, 2011
概括
研究人员使用X射线磁性循环二元化研究了磁性材料的超快旋转逆转. 他们在反铁磁自旋逆转过程中发现了一个短暂的铁磁类状态,挑战了以前对自旋动力学的理解.
科学领域:
- 磁力学和螺旋电子学
- 超快的现象 超快的现象
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 旋转顺序依赖于交换相互作用,这对于数据技术中使用的磁性材料至关重要.
- 目前对旋转动态的理解仅限于比交换相互作用慢的时间尺度.
- 调查非增值自旋行为对于推进磁记录至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究光学激发后GdFeCo中的超快旋转逆转.
- 在与交换相互作用 (10-100 fs) 相关的时间尺度上探索旋转动态.
- 为了理解非adiabatic旋转逆转期间的短暂磁性状态.
主要方法:
- 使用了元素特定的X射线磁圆二元化 (XMCD).
- 用光学刺激来扰乱磁状态.
- 原子模拟支持实验观察结果.
主要成果:
- 在GdFeCo中超快的旋转逆转意外地发生了过渡性铁磁性状的状态.
- 在不同的时间尺度 (Gd: 1.5 ps,Fe: 300 fs) 上,Gd 和 Fe 亚晶格磁化崩并逆转.
- 观察到Gd和Fe时刻的暂时平行对齐,与它们的反铁磁基本状态相反.
结论:
- 在交换相互作用的时间尺度上,非adiabatic旋转操纵是可能的.
- 在反铁磁旋转逆转过程中,可能会出现过渡性铁磁类状态.
- 这些发现为在先进技术中操纵磁性秩序提供了新的概念.
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