Paradigm of the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect for femtosecond magnetism

G. P. Zhang; W. Hübner; Georgios Lefkidis; Yihua Bai; Thomas F. George

doi:10.1038/NPHYS1315

Paradigm of the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect for femtosecond magnetism

G. P. Zhang
, W. Hübner
, Georgios Lefkidis
, Yihua Bai
, Thomas F. George

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Nature Physics
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS1315
State	Published - Jul 1 2009

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Condensed Matter Physics
Physics
Optics

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