Authors

T. Tsuyama, S. Chakraverty, N. Pontius, C. Schussler-Langeheine, H. Y. Hwang, Y. Tokura, H. Wadati

Abstract

We studied the electronic and magnetic dynamics of ferromagnetic insulating BaFeO₃ thin films by using pump-probe time-resolved resonant x-ray reflectivity at the Fe 2p edge. By changing the excitation density, we found two distinctly different types of demagnetization with a clear threshold behavior. We assigned the demagnetization change from slow (~ 150 ps) to fast (< 70 ps) to a transition into a metallic state induced by laser excitation. These results provide a novel approach for locally tuning magnetic dynamics. In analogy to heat assisted magnetic recording, metallization can locally tune the susceptibility for magnetic manipulation, allowing to spatially encode magnetic information.

Abstract URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03365