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Our understanding of ultrafast switching processes in novel spin-based electronics depends on our detailed knowledge of interactions between spin, charge and phonons in magnetic structures. We present element-selective studies, using extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light, to gain insight into spin dynamics in exchange coupled magnetic multilayers on the femtosecond time scale.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from BMBF (Project 05KS7UK1), from the DFG (SFB 491) and from the EU (grant No. 281043, “FemtoSpin”).
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Rudolf, D. et al. (2015). Element Selective Investigation of Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Multilayers. 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_95
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