Femtosecond single-shot imaging of nanoscale ferromagnetic order in co/pd multilayers using resonant x-ray holography

Tianhan Wang, Diling Zhu, Benny Wu, Catherine Graves, Stefan Schaffert, Torbjörn Rander, Leonard Müller, Boris Vodungbo, Cédric Baumier, David P. Bernstein, Björn Bräuer, Vincent Cros, Sanne De Jong, Renaud Delaunay, Andreas Fognini, Roopali Kukreja, Sooheyong Lee, Víctor López-Flores, Jyoti Mohanty, Bastian PfauHoria Popescu, Maurizio Sacchi, Anna B. Sardinha, Fausto Sirotti, Philippe Zeitoun, Marc Messerschmidt, Joshua J. Turner, William F. Schlotter, Olav Hellwig, Richard Mattana, Nicolas Jaouen, Franck Fortuna, Yves Acremann, Christian Gutt, Hermann A. Dürr, Eric Beaurepaire, Christine Boeglin, Stefan Eisebitt, Gerhard Grübel, Jan Lüning, Joachim Stöhr, Andreas O. Scherz

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Abstract

We present the first single-shot images of ferromagnetic, nanoscale spin order taken with femtosecond x-ray pulses. X-ray-induced electron and spin dynamics can be outrun with pulses shorter than 80 fs in the investigated fluence regime, and no permanent aftereffects in the samples are observed below a fluence of 25mJ/cm2. Employing resonant spatially muliplexed x-ray holography results in a low imaging threshold of 5mJ/cm2. Our results open new ways to combine ultrafast laser spectroscopy with sequential snapshot imaging on a single sample, generating a movie of excited state dynamics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number267403
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume108
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 27 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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