Control of ultrashort spin current pulses in metallic multilayers

2021/06/29 by Alexey Melnikov, Liane Brandt, Melnikov, Alexey +9
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Magnetic properties of thin films #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2106.15533

openalex publication_date 2021/06/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We study the emission of femtosecond spin current pulses at Fe/Au interfaces. Using optical second harmonic generation we demonstrate the control of pulse shape and duration by varying the emitter thickness and show that it is determined by the parameters of hot electrons emission and the diffusive transport. Using a simple model of electron emission we develop a description of superdiffusive spin transport in Au allowing to extract electron velocity and scattering rates from the experimental data. The importance of carrier multiplication in Fe is demonstrated.

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