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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11010325
Keywords
ultrafast spectroscopy; femtomagnetism; XUV-FEL; magnetic circular dichroism
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Funding
- EU-H2020 Research and Innovation Programme [654360 NFFA-Europe]
- SNSF project [200021-160186]
- UMAMI [ANR-15-CE24-0009]
- CNRS-PICS programs
- CNRS-MOMENTUM
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_160186] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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This study utilized an X-ray streaking technique to investigate changes in electrons and spins in magnetic thin films. The results showed that the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism dynamics are dependent on the probing wavelength, with indications of more complex changes that require further research.
Ultrashort optical pulses can trigger a variety of non-equilibrium processes in magnetic thin films affecting electrons and spins on femtosecond timescales. In order to probe the charge and magnetic degrees of freedom simultaneously, we developed an X-ray streaking technique that has the advantage of providing a jitter-free picture of absorption cross-section changes. In this paper, we present an experiment based on this approach, which we performed using five photon probing energies at the Ni M-2,M-3-edges. This allowed us to retrieve the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism time traces, yielding detailed information on transient modifications of electron and spin populations close to the Fermi level. Our findings suggest that the observed absorption and magnetic circular dichroism dynamics both depend on the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) probing wavelength, and can be described, at least qualitatively, by assuming ultrafast energy shifts of the electronic and magnetic elemental absorption resonances, as reported in recent work. However, our analysis also hints at more complex changes, highlighting the need for further experimental and theoretical studies in order to gain a thorough understanding of the interplay of electronic and spin degrees of freedom in optically excited magnetic thin films.
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