Femtosecond electron and spin dynamics probed by nonlinear optics

Details Femtosecond electron and spin dynamics probed by nonlinear optics Femtosecond electron and spin dynamics probed by nonlinear optics

1999-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9901303v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages with 3 figures, to appear in Applied. Phys. B 68, (1999)

Scientific paper

10.1007/s003400050655

A theoretical calculation is performed for the ultrafast spin dynamics in nickel using an exact diagonalization method. The present theory mainly focuses on a situation where the intrinsic charge and spin dynamics is probed by the nonlinear (magneto-)optical responses on the femtosecond time scale, i.e. optical second harmonic generation (SHG) and the nonlinear magneto-optical Kerr effect (NOLIMOKE). It is found that the ultrafast charge and spin dynamics are observable on the time scale of 10 fs. The charge dynamics proceeds ahead of the spin dynamics, which indicates the existence of a spin memory time. The fast decay results from the loss of coherence in the initial excited state. Both the material specific and experimental parameters affect the dynamics. We find that the increase of exchange interaction mainly accelerates the spin dynamics rather than the charge dynamics. A reduction of the hopping integrals, such as present at interfaces, slows down the spin dynamics significantly. Besides, it is found that a spectrally broad excitation yields the intrinsic speed limit of the charge (SHG) and spin dynamics (NOLIMOKE) while a narrower width prolongs the dynamics. This magnetic interface dynamics then should become accessible to state of art time resolved nonlinear-optical experiments.

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