Ultrafast manipulation of the Néel vector in metallic antiferromagnets most commonly occurs by generation of spin-orbit(SOT)or spin-transfer(STT)torques.Here,we predict another possibility for antiferromagnetic d...Ultrafast manipulation of the Néel vector in metallic antiferromagnets most commonly occurs by generation of spin-orbit(SOT)or spin-transfer(STT)torques.Here,we predict another possibility for antiferromagnetic domain switching by using novel laser optical torques(LOTs).We present results of atomistic spin dynamics simulations from the application of LOTs for all-optical switching of the Néel vector in the antiferromagnet Mn_(2)Au.展开更多
基金funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Training Network COMRAD(grant agreement No 861300)F.F.and Y.M.acknowledge the funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)−TRR 173/2−268565370(project A11)+1 种基金Sino-German research project DISTOMAT(MO 1731/10-1)of the DFGsupported by DFG via CRC/TRR 227,project ID 328545488(Project MF).
文摘Ultrafast manipulation of the Néel vector in metallic antiferromagnets most commonly occurs by generation of spin-orbit(SOT)or spin-transfer(STT)torques.Here,we predict another possibility for antiferromagnetic domain switching by using novel laser optical torques(LOTs).We present results of atomistic spin dynamics simulations from the application of LOTs for all-optical switching of the Néel vector in the antiferromagnet Mn_(2)Au.
