Femtosecond Manipulation of Spins, Charges, and Ions in Nanostructures, Thin Films, and Surfaces

Overview

Journal Struct Dyn

Date 2018 Jan 9

PMID 29308416

Authors

F Carbone

M Hengsberger

L Castiglioni

J Osterwalder

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Abstract

Modern ultrafast techniques provide new insights into the dynamics of ions, charges, and spins in photoexcited nanostructures. In this review, we describe the use of time-resolved electron-based methods to address specific questions such as the ordering properties of self-assembled nanoparticles supracrystals, the interplay between electronic and structural dynamics in surfaces and adsorbate layers, the light-induced control of collective electronic modes in nanowires and thin films, and the real-space/real-time evolution of the skyrmion lattice in topological magnets.

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