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T1 - Ultrafast optical modification of exchange interactions in iron oxides
AU - Mikhaylovskiy, R.V.
AU - Hendry, E.
AU - Secchi, A.
AU - Mentink, J.H.
AU - Eckstein, M.
AU - Wu, A.
AU - Pisarev, R.V.
AU - Kruglyak, V.V.
AU - Katsnelson, M.I.
AU - Rasing, Th.
AU - Kimel, A.V.
PY - 2015/9/16
Y1 - 2015/9/16
N2 - Ultrafast non-thermal manipulation of magnetization by light relies on either indirect coupling of the electric field component of the light with spins via spin-orbit interaction or direct coupling between the magnetic field component and spins. Here we propose a scenario for coupling between the electric field of light and spins via optical modification of the exchange interaction, one of the strongest quantum effects with strength of 103 Tesla. We demonstrate that this isotropic opto-magnetic effect, which can be called inverse magneto-refraction, is allowed in a material of any symmetry. Its existence is corroborated by the experimental observation of terahertz emission by spin resonances optically excited in a broad class of iron oxides with a canted spin configuration. From its strength we estimate that a sub-picosecond modification of the exchange interaction by laser pulses with fluence of about 1 mJ cm−2 acts as a pulsed effective magnetic field of 0.01 Tesla.
AB - Ultrafast non-thermal manipulation of magnetization by light relies on either indirect coupling of the electric field component of the light with spins via spin-orbit interaction or direct coupling between the magnetic field component and spins. Here we propose a scenario for coupling between the electric field of light and spins via optical modification of the exchange interaction, one of the strongest quantum effects with strength of 103 Tesla. We demonstrate that this isotropic opto-magnetic effect, which can be called inverse magneto-refraction, is allowed in a material of any symmetry. Its existence is corroborated by the experimental observation of terahertz emission by spin resonances optically excited in a broad class of iron oxides with a canted spin configuration. From its strength we estimate that a sub-picosecond modification of the exchange interaction by laser pulses with fluence of about 1 mJ cm−2 acts as a pulsed effective magnetic field of 0.01 Tesla.
U2 - 10.1038/ncomms9190
DO - 10.1038/ncomms9190
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
M1 - 8190
ER -