title: All-optical control of ferromagnetic thin films and nanostructures.
abstract: The interplay of light and magnetism allowed light to be used as a probe of magnetic materials. Now the focus has shifted to use polarized light to alter or manipulate magnetism. Here, we demonstrate optical control of ferromagnetic materials ranging from magnetic thin films to multilayers and even granular films being explored for ultra-high-density magnetic recording. Our finding shows that optical control of magnetic materials is a much more general phenomenon than previously assumed and may have a major impact on data memory and storage industries through the integration of optical control of ferromagnetic bits.
authors.affiliation: Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA. Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198-Université de Lorraine-BP 70239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre, France.
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA. Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198-Université de Lorraine-BP 70239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre, France. stephane.mangin@univ-lorraine.fr efullerton@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: B S D Ch S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Varaprasad
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198-Université de Lorraine-BP 70239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hehn
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin Schroedinger Strasse 46, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cinchetti
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198-Université de Lorraine-BP 70239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malinowski
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hono
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fainman
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin Schroedinger Strasse 46, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aeschlimann
authors.affiliation: Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA. stephane.mangin@univ-lorraine.fr efullerton@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Fullerton