Ultrafast time-resolved faraday rotation in EuO thin films

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Jun 22;108(25):257401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.257401. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

Abstract

We have investigated the ultrafast spin dynamics in EuO thin films by time-resolved Faraday rotation spectroscopy. The photoinduced magnetization is found to be increased in a transient manner, accompanied with subsequent demagnetization. The dynamical magnetization enhancement showed a maximum slightly below the Curie temperature with prolonged tails toward both lower and higher temperatures and dominates the demagnetization counterpart at 55 K. The magnetization enhancement component decays in ~1 ns. The realization of the transient collective ordering is attributable to the enhancement of the f-d exchange interaction.