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Hot-electron transport and ultrafast magnetization dynamics in magnetic multilayers and nanostructures following femtosecond laser pulse excitation

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Understanding and controlling the magnetization dynamics on the femtosecond timescale is becoming indispensable both at the fundamental level and to develop future technological applications. While direct laser excitation of a ferromagnetic layer was commonly used during the past twenty years, laser induced hot-electrons femtosecond pulses and subsequent transport in magnetic multilayers has attracted a lot of attention. Indeed, replacing photons by hot-electrons offers complementary information to improve our understanding of ultrafast magnetization dynamics and to provide new possibilities for manipulating the magnetization in a thin layer on the femtosecond timescale. In this review, we report on experiments of hot-electrons induced ultrafast magnetic phenomena. We discuss the role of hot-electrons transport in the ultrafast loss of magnetization in magnetic single and multilayers and how it is exploited to trigger magnetization dynamics in magnetic multilayers.

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Malinowski, G., Bergeard, N., Hehn, M. et al. Hot-electron transport and ultrafast magnetization dynamics in magnetic multilayers and nanostructures following femtosecond laser pulse excitation. Eur. Phys. J. B 91, 98 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2018-80555-5

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