New Optical Route to Magnetic State Control

Abstract

Viewpoint: New Optical Route to Magnetic State Control Noriaki Kida, Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Chiba 277-8561, Japan Published April 9, 2012 | Physics 5, 41 (2012) | DOI: 10.1103/Physics.5.41 Optically switched magnetic domains are easier to control if the light source is circularly polarized. no paper 1.\tde Jong, J.A. et al. Coherent Control of the Route of an Ultrafast Magnetic Phase Transition via Low-Amplitude Spin Precession. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 157601 (2012).