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A dynamical model for Elliott-Yafet type scattering of carriers and its importance for the demagnetization dynamics after ultrafast optical excitation is reviewed. It is pointed out that the demagnetization in 3d ferromagnets as well as recent experimental results on “novel” materials are still in need of a microscopic explanation.
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Aeschlimann, M., Steil, D., Cinchetti, M., Schneider, H.C. (2015). Electronic Scattering Dynamics and Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics. In: Bigot, JY., Hübner, W., Rasing, T., Chantrell, R. (eds) Ultrafast Magnetism I. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07743-7_9
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