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  • Accepted Manuscript: Itinerant and localized magnetization dynamics in antiferromagnetic Ho

Title: Itinerant and localized magnetization dynamics in antiferromagnetic Ho

Using femtosecond time-resolved resonant magnetic x-ray diffraction at the Ho L3 absorption edge, we investigate the demagnetization dynamics in antiferromagnetically ordered metallic Ho after femtosecond optical excitation. Here, tuning the x-ray energy to the electric dipole (E1, 2p → 5d) or quadrupole (E2, 2p → 4f) transition allows us to selectively and independently study the spin dynamics of the itinerant 5d and localized 4f electronic subsystems via the suppression of the magnetic (2 1 3–τ) satellite peak. We find demagnetization time scales very similar to ferromagnetic 4f systems, suggesting that the loss of magnetic order occurs via a similar spin-flip process in both cases. The simultaneous demagnetization of both subsystems demonstrates strong intra-atomic 4f–5d exchange coupling. In addition, an ultrafast lattice contraction due to the release of magneto-striction leads to a transient shift of the magnetic satellite peak.
Authors:
 [1] ;  [2] ;  [3] ;  [4] ;  [5] ;  [6] ;  [7] ;  [8] ;  [8] ;  [8] ;  [8] ;  [8] ;  [4] ;  [2] ;  [1]
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  1. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
  2. ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  3. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin (Germany); Univ. Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm (Germany)
  4. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin (Germany)
  5. Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum (Germany)
  6. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
  7. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Report Number(s):
IS-J-8844
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358; AC02-76SF00515; 05K13PC1
Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 25; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Research Org:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
OSTI Identifier:
1278746
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1258705
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