Revealing the Nature of the Ultrafast Magnetic Phase Transition in Ni by Correlating Extreme Ultraviolet Magneto-Optic and Photoemission Spectroscopies

You, Wenjing; Tengdin, Phoebe; Chen, Cong; Shi, Xun; Zusin, Dmitriy; Zhang, Yingchao; Gentry, Christian; Blonsky, Adam; Keller, Mark; Oppeneer, Peter M; Kapteyn, Henry; Tao, Zhensheng; Murnane, Margaret

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.121.077204

Title: Revealing the Nature of the Ultrafast Magnetic Phase Transition in Ni by Correlating Extreme Ultraviolet Magneto-Optic and Photoemission Spectroscopies

Journal Article · Thu Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.077204· OSTI ID:1673434

You, Wenjing ^[1]; Tengdin, Phoebe ^[1]; Chen, Cong ^[1]; Shi, Xun ^[1]; Zusin, Dmitriy ^[1]; Zhang, Yingchao ^[1]; Gentry, Christian ^[1]; Blonsky, Adam ^[1]; Keller, Mark ^[2]; Oppeneer, Peter M ^[3]; Kapteyn, Henry ^[1]; Tao, Zhensheng ^[1]; Murnane, Margaret ^[1]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). JILA; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)

By correlating time- and angle-resolved photoemission and time-resolved transverse- magnetooptical Kerr effect measurements, both at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, we uncover the universal nature of the ultrafast photoinduced magnetic phase transition in Ni. This allows us to explain the ultrafast magnetic response of Ni at all laser fluences - from a small reduction of the magnetization at low laser fluences, to complete quenching at high laser fluences. In this work, both probe methods exhibit the same demagnetization and recovery timescales. The spin system absorbs the energy required to proceed through a magnetic phase transition within 20 fs after the peak of the pump pulse. However, the spectroscopic signatures of demagnetization of the material appear only after ≈ 200 fs, and subsequent recovery of the magnetization on timescales ranging from 500 fs to >70 ps. We also provide evidence of two competing channels with two distinct timescales in the recovery process, that suggest the presence of coexisting phases in the material.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). JILA

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Swedish Research Council (VR); Wallenberg Foundation: European Union; KMLabs

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002002; GBMF4538; 2015.0060; 737709

OSTI ID:: 1673434

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1464870; OSTI ID: 1957808

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 7; ISSN 0031-9007

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