Title :
Ultrafast coherent control of spin waves with intense terahertz magnetic transients
Author :
Sell, A. ; Kampfrath, T. ; Klatt, G. ; Mährlein, S. ; Pashkin, A. ; Fiebig, M. ; Dekorsy, T. ; Wolf, M. ; Huber, R. ; Leitenstorfer, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Abstract :
Intense terahertz transients coherently control magnon oscillations in antiferromagnetic NiO. The magnetic component of the light field directly couples to the spins via Zeeman interaction. 8-fs probe pulses sample the ultrafast dynamics via Faraday rotation.
Keywords :
Antiferromagnetic materials; Magnetic fields; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical devices; Physics; Probes; Switches; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
