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Ultrafast nanoscale magnetic switching via intense picosecond electron\n bunches

2017/07/27 by Alexander F. Schäffer, Schäffer, Alexander F., H. A. Dürr +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research #Magnetic properties of thin films #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1707.08838

openalex publication_date 2017/07/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The magnetic field associated with a picosecond intense electron pulse is\nshown to switch locally the magnetization of extended films and nanostructures\nand to ignite locally spin waves excitations. Also, topologically protected\nmagnetic textures such as skyrmions can be imprinted swiftly in a sample with a\nresidual Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya spin-orbital coupling. Characteristics of the\ncreated excitations such as the topological charge or the width of the magnon\nspectrum can be steered via the duration and the strength of the electron\npulses. The study points to a possible way for a spatiotemporally controlled\ngeneration of magnetic and skyrmionic excitations.\n

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