• DocumentCode
    1770632
  • Title

    All-optical helicity dependent switching in amorphous Tb30Fe70 with a MHz laser oscillator

  • Author

    Hassdenteufel, Alexander ; Schubert, Colja ; Hebler, Birgit ; Schultheiss, Helmut ; Fassbender, Jurgen ; Albrecht, Martin ; Bratschitsch, Rudolf

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Phys., Chemnitz Univ. of Technol., Chemnitz, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    All-optical magnetic switching is demonstrated in a Tb-Fe thin film with a conventional laser oscillator instead of a complex and expensive amplifier system. Overheating is prevented by a SiO2/Si substrate as an efficient heat sink.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; heat sinks; magnetic switching; optical switches; semiconductor thin films; silicon compounds; terbium compounds; SiO2-Si; Tb30Fe70; all-optical helicity dependent switching; all-optical magnetic switching; amorphous; amplifier system; heat sink; laser oscillator; thin film; Lasers; Optical switches; Oscillators; Pulsed laser deposition; Silicon; Substrates; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989024