Structural and Magnetic Dynamics of a Laser Induced Phase Transition in FeRh

Simon Oddsson Mariager, F. Pressacco, G. Ingold, A. Caviezel, E. Möhr-Vorobeva, P. Beaud, S.L. Johnson, C.J. Milne, E. Mancini, S. Moyerman, Robert Krarup Feidenhans'l

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Abstract

We use time-resolved x-ray diffraction and magneto-optical Kerr effect to study the laser-induced antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition in FeRh. The structural response is given by the nucleation of independent ferromagnetic domains (τ 1∼30ps). This is significantly faster than the magnetic response (τ 2∼60ps) given by the subsequent domain realignment. X-ray diffraction shows that the two phases coexist on short time scales and that the phase transition is limited by the speed of sound. A nucleation model describing both the structural and magnetic dynamics is presented.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysical Review Letters
Vol/bind108
Udgave nummer8
Sider (fra-til)087201
Antal sider5
ISSN0031-9007
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 21 feb. 2012

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