Kolloquien | Physik

Physikalisches Kolloquium: Ultrafast magnetism – terra incognita beyond the classical approximations

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Dienstag, 11. Januar 2022
15:15 bis 16:45 Uhr

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Veranstaltet von
FB Physik / Dr. Davide Bossini

Vortragende Person/Vortragende Personen:
Prof. Dr. Alexey Kimel, Radboud University Nijmegen

While magnetism is essentially the strongest quantum mechanical phenomenon, modern description of magnetization dynamics relies on thermodynamics and the corresponding approximations. I will show that femtosecond laser pulse is a unique stimulus in magnetism that pushes the magnetization dynamics into a counter-intuitive regime, where the classical approximations fail, heat does not destroy, but reverses magnetization and solely a flash of light writes magnetic bits at the record-breaking speeds.