Control of the phase of the magnetization precession excited by circularly polarized femtosecond-laser pulses

Alexander I. Chernov; Mikhail A. Kozhaev; Anastasiia Khramova; Alexander N. Shaposhnikov; Anatoly R. Prokopov; Vladimir N. Berzhansky; Anatoly K. Zvezdin; Vladimir I. Belotelov

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001079

Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (11): 11001079, Published Online: Nov. 11, 2018

Control of the phase of the magnetization precession excited by circularly polarized femtosecond-laser pulses

Alexander I. Chernov ^1,2,*Mikhail A. Kozhaev ^1,2Anastasiia Khramova ^1,3Alexander N. Shaposhnikov ⁴Anatoly R. Prokopov ⁴Vladimir N. Berzhansky ⁴Anatoly K. Zvezdin ^1,2Vladimir I. Belotelov ^1,3

Author Affiliations

¹ Russian Quantum Center, 45, Skolkovskoye shosse, Moscow 121353, Russia

² Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow 119991, Russia

³ Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia

⁴ Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, 4 Vernadskogo Prospekt, Simferopol 295007, Russia

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Alexander I. Chernov, Mikhail A. Kozhaev, Anastasiia Khramova, Alexander N. Shaposhnikov, Anatoly R. Prokopov, Vladimir N. Berzhansky, Anatoly K. Zvezdin, Vladimir I. Belotelov. Control of the phase of the magnetization precession excited by circularly polarized femtosecond-laser pulses[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 11001079.

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