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Title: Nanoscale spin reversal by non-local angular momentum transfer following ultrafast laser excitation in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo

Journal Article · · Nature Materials
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3597· OSTI ID:1136680

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1136680
Report Number(s):
SLAC-REPRINT-2014-209
Journal Information:
Nature Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 4; ISSN 1476-1122
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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