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@PHDTHESIS{Wessels:192791,
author = {Wessels, Philipp},
title = {{T}ime-resolved imaging of magnetic nanostructures in the
visible and soft {X}-ray spectral range},
school = {Universität Hamburg},
type = {Dr.},
address = {München},
publisher = {Verlag Dr. Hut},
reportid = {PUBDB-2014-04317},
isbn = {978-3-8439-1815-2},
year = {2014},
note = {OA; Universität Hamburg, Diss., 2014},
abstract = {To unravel the nature of magnetism, an investigation at its
fundamental length- and time-scales has to be tackled.
Besides pure research interest of the processes occurring in
nanoscopic magnetic systems in the femto- and picosecond
range, advancing knowledge experiences promising
applications toward faster non-volatile memory devices with
increased data storage density. However, this exploration
demands state-of-the-art experimental setups sensitive to
detect the magnetization with superior spatial and temporal
resolution. In this work two new instruments for
time-resolved imaging of magnetic nanostructures have been
set up:A tabletop time-resolved scanning Kerr microscope
(TR-SKM) capable of analyzing the dynamics of patterned
magnetic media using the magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) in
combination with femtosecond laser pulses to carry out
stroboscopic pump-probe experiments. With a novel pump
approach utilizing a magnesium photocathode as
electrooptical switch, the generation of intense, broadband
electronic current pulses becomes possible for excitation of
magnetic systems with the transported transient magnetic
field. This enables jitter-free measurements on isolated
spin-wave packets in permalloy (Ni80Fe20) with a temporal
resolution < 30 ps and a spatial resolution < 560 nm. The
spatially and temporally resolved data set permits a global
analysis of the dynamic parameters defining the wave-packet.
For the first time, a direct observation of backward volume
modes with counterpropagating group and phase velocities in
permalloy became possible.For examinations requiring an
increased spatial resolution, a mobile synchrotron radiation
based full-field time-resolved magnetic transmission X-ray
microscope (TR-MTXM) has been set up at the soft X-ray
beamline P04 of the high-brilliance storage ring PETRA III
at DESY with a temporal resolution < 250 ps and a spatial
resolution < 65 nm. The magnetization of a sample is
accessible via the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD).
Experiments to stimulate magnetic permalloy nanostructures
with synchronized femtosecond laser pulses as well as
picosecond electronic current pulses of large amplitudes
have been carried out. Vortex magnetization patterns were
forced into a non-equilibrium state by aligning the majority
of the magnetic moments into one direction and the evolution
of the domain pattern destruction and recovery could be
monitored in time. A reproducible recovery of the vortex
pattern with stable chirality and polarity and unusually
high vortex core velocities could be observed. Feasibility
studies on nonreversible switching processes in need of an
active reset stimulus in magnetic chains and arrays have
been initiated.},
keywords = {Dissertation (GND)},
cin = {UNI/EXP / FS-PE},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)UNI_EXP-20120731$ / I:(DE-H253)FS-PE-20120731},
pnm = {PETRA Beamline P04 (POF2-54G14) / FS-Proposal: I-20120127
(I-20120127)},
pid = {G:(DE-H253)POF2-P04-20130405 / G:(DE-H253)I-20120127},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P04-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/192791},
}