Role of photonic angular momentum in all-optical magnetic switching

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作者：
Khalid, Muhammad Waleed [1 ,2 ]
Akbar, Ali [2 ]
Ha, Jeongho [1 ,2 ]
El Hadri, Mohammed Salah [3 ]
Sergienko, Alexander, V [2 ]
Fullerton, Eric E. [1 ]
Ndao, Abdoulaye [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Boston Univ, Photon Ctr, 8 St Marys St, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[3] Western Digital Corp, 5601 Great Oaks Pkwy, San Jose, CA 95119 USA
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2024年 / 109卷 / 14期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
SPIN; LIGHT;
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L140403
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
We report on the role of light's angular momentum in magnetic all-optical switching (AOS), which entails magnetization reversal resulting from ultrafast laser pulses applied to a magnetic structure. The magnetic system is comprised of a ferromagnetic thin film of Co/Pt, excited by femtosecond vortex beams of light carrying spin, orbital angular momentum, or a superposition of both. We find that AOS is predominantly driven by the spin angular momentum of light. The experimental findings suggest that the magnitude of topological charge and handedness of the orbital angular momentum of light do not play a significant role. These results improve our understanding of the basic interactions between magnetism and light, paving the way for further investigation and the creation of all-optical magnetic switching technologies.
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