Ultrafast single-pulse all-optical switching in synthetic ferrimagnetic Tb/Co/Gd multilayers
Creators
- 1. Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 2. Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198, Nancy 54011, France
Description
In this work, we investigate single-shot all-optical switching (AOS) in Tb/Co/Gd/Co/Tb multilayers in an attempt to establish AOS in synthetic ferrimagnets with high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. In particular, we study the effect of varying Tb thicknesses to disentangle the role of the two rare-earth elements. Even though the role of magnetic compensation has been considered to be crucial, we find that the threshold fluence for switching is largely independent of the Tb content. Moreover, we identify the timescale for the magnetization to cross zero to be approximately within the first ps after laser excitation using time-resolved magneto–optic Kerr effect. We conclude that the switching is governed mostly by interactions between Co and Gd.
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Funding
- European Commission
- MSCA ITN MagnEFi 860060
Dates
- Available
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2023-08-17