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Extending the scope and understanding of all-optical magnetization switching in Gd-based alloys by controlling the underlying temperature transients

Maxime Verges
Wei Zhang
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Quentin Remy
Yann Le Guen
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Jon Gorchon
Grégory Malinowski
Stephane Mangin
Michel Hehn
Julius Hohlfeld

Abstract

We use the thickness of Cu layers to control all-optical switching of magnetization in adjacent Gd$_{24}$(Fe$_{90}$⁢Co$_{10}$)$_{76}$ films. While increasing the Cu thickness from 5 to 900 nm has no effect on the switching threshold, it significantly enlarges the fluence and pulse duration at which multiple domains emerge. Having shown that thermally activated multidomain formation limits the maximum fluence and pulse duration for controlled switching, we demonstrate that continuous magnetization reversal precedes multidomain formation in Gd$_{18}$Dy$_4$Co$_{78}$ films excited with fluences slightly larger than the multidomain threshold.
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hal-04585716 , version 1 (23-05-2024)

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Maxime Verges, Wei Zhang, Quentin Remy, Yann Le Guen, Jon Gorchon, et al.. Extending the scope and understanding of all-optical magnetization switching in Gd-based alloys by controlling the underlying temperature transients. Physical Review Applied, 2024, 21 (4), pp.044003. ⟨10.1103/physrevapplied.21.044003⟩. ⟨hal-04585716⟩
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