Chin. Phys. Lett.  2015, Vol. 32 Issue (06): 067501    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/32/6/067501
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
Evaluation of the Ultrafast Thermal Manipulation of Magnetization Precession in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As
LI Hang, ZHANG Xin-Hui**
State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083
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LI Hang, ZHANG Xin-Hui 2015 Chin. Phys. Lett. 32 067501
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Abstract We present a quantitative evaluation study of the thermal effect responsible for laser-triggered collective magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As film without applying the external magnetic field by employing the pump-probe magneto-optical spectroscopy. Our observation shows that the effect of ultrafast laser heating on the manipulation of magnetization precession in a (Ga,Mn)As film is not exactly equivalent to that of the ambient temperature increase, and needs to be carefully analyzed by considering the temperature-dependent specific heat of (Ga,Mn)As. The transient modulation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy via ultrafast laser heating at low temperature exhibits a higher sensitivity than that at high temperature. The quantitative analysis of the laser-heating manipulated magnetization precession presented in this work is helpful for evaluating the laser-triggered ultrafast magnetization dynamics in (Ga,Mn)As films.
Received: 12 January 2015      Published: 30 June 2015
PACS:  75.50.Pp (Magnetic semiconductors)  
  75.78.Jp (Ultrafast magnetization dynamics and switching)  
  78.47.jd (Time resolved luminescence)  
  78.47.D- (Time resolved spectroscopy (>1 psec))  
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