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Avilés-Félix L, Olivier A, Li G, et al. Single-shot all-optical switching of magnetization in Tb/Co multilayer-based electrodes. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):5211doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w.
Avilés-Félix, L., Olivier, A., Li, G., Davies, C. S., Álvaro-Gómez, L., Rubio-Roy, M., Auffret, S., Kirilyuk, A., Kimel, A. V., Rasing, T., Buda-Prejbeanu, L. D., Sousa, R. C., Dieny, B., & Prejbeanu, I. L. (2020). Single-shot all-optical switching of magnetization in Tb/Co multilayer-based electrodes. Scientific reports, 10(1), 5211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w
Avilés-Félix, L, et al. "Single-shot all-optical switching of magnetization in Tb/Co multilayer-based electrodes." Scientific reports vol. 10,1 (2020): 5211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w
Avilés-Félix L, Olivier A, Li G, Davies CS, Álvaro-Gómez L, Rubio-Roy M, Auffret S, Kirilyuk A, Kimel AV, Rasing T, Buda-Prejbeanu LD, Sousa RC, Dieny B, Prejbeanu IL. Single-shot all-optical switching of magnetization in Tb/Co multilayer-based electrodes. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 23;10(1):5211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w. PMID: 32251329; PMCID: PMC7089968.
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Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 23;10(1):5211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w.

Single-shot all-optical switching of magnetization in Tb/Co multilayer-based electrodes.

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L Avilés-Félix, A Olivier, G Li, C S Davies, L Álvaro-Gómez, M Rubio-Roy, S Auffret, A Kirilyuk, A V Kimel, Th Rasing, L D Buda-Prejbeanu, R C Sousa, B Dieny, I L Prejbeanu

Affiliations

  1. Spintec, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000, Grenoble, France. [email protected].
  2. Spintec, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000, Grenoble, France.
  3. Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  4. FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, 7 Toernooiveld, 6525, ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 32251329 PMCID: PMC7089968 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62104-w

Abstract

Ever since the first observation of all-optical switching of magnetization in the ferrimagnetic alloy GdFeCo using femtosecond laser pulses, there has been significant interest in exploiting this process for data-recording applications. In particular, the ultrafast speed of the magnetic reversal can enable the writing speeds associated with magnetic memory devices to be potentially pushed towards THz frequencies. This work reports the development of perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions incorporating a stack of Tb/Co nanolayers whose magnetization can be all-optically controlled via helicity-independent single-shot switching. Toggling of the magnetization of the Tb/Co electrode was achieved using either 60 femtosecond-long or 5 picosecond-long laser pulses, with incident fluences down to 3.5 mJ/cm

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