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By following three empirical rules it is possible to design and fabricate magnetic heterostructures or even devices whose magnetization can be controlled by means of circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses, instead of applied magnetic fields.

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Figure 1: Three requirements for achieving optically switchable magnetic films.

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  1. Alexey V. Kimel is at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute of Molecules and Materials (IMM), Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands,

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Kimel, A. Three rules of design. Nature Mater 13, 225–226 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3886

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