Magneto-optical observation of picosecond dynamics of single nanomagnets

Nano Lett. 2006 Dec;6(12):2939-44. doi: 10.1021/nl0623457.

Abstract

We report measurements of picosecond dynamics of individual nickel nanomagnets as a function of magnet dimension, aspect ratio, and magnetic environment. Spatial sensitivity to nanomagnet diameters as small as 125 nm is achieved by use of cavity enhancement of the magneto-optic Kerr effect (CE-MOKE). The importance of single-particle measurements without ensemble effects for extracting the size dependence of the intrinsic nanomagnet material properties is demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.