1. Ultrafast demagnetization in bulk nickel induced by X-ray photons tuned to Ni M3 and L3 absorption edges.
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Kapcia, Konrad J., Tkachenko, Victor, Capotondi, Flavio, Lichtenstein, Alexander, Molodtsov, Serguei, Piekarz, Przemysław, and Ziaja, Beata
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DEMAGNETIZATION , *X-ray absorption , *X-rays , *NICKEL , *PHOTONS , *FERMI level - Abstract
Studies of light-induced demagnetization started with the experiment performed by Beaupaire et al. on Ni. Here, we present theoretical predictions for X-ray induced demagnetization of nickel, with X-ray photon energies tuned to its M 3 and L 3 absorption edges. We show that the specific feature in the density of states in the d-band of Ni, i.e., a sharp peak located just above the Fermi level, strongly influences the change of the predicted magnetic signal, making it stronger than in the previously studied case of X-ray demagnetized cobalt. It impacts also the value of Curie temperature for Ni. We believe that this finding will inspire dedicated experiments investigating magnetic processes in X-ray irradiated nickel and cobalt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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