TY  - JOUR
AU  - Woodford, S. R.
TI  - Conservation of angular momentum and the inverse Faraday effect
JO  - Physical review / B
VL  - 79
IS  - 21
SN  - 1098-0121
CY  - College Park, Md.
PB  - APS
M1  - PreJuSER-5498
SP  - 212412
PY  - 2009
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - Precession of magnetization via the inverse Faraday effect is investigated with a view of determining the fundamental limit on the precession speed. Such a limit could have important consequences for ultrafast magnetic switching. The angular momentum required for precession is shown to be supplied by the light. This indicates that there is no fundamental obstruction to magnetization reversal on the time scale of a laser pulse provided that a material with a sufficiently strong magneto-optical response can be found.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000267699200016
DO  - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.212412
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5498
ER  -