Critical behavior within 20 fs drives the out-of-equilibrium laser-induced magnetic phase transition in nickel

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9744
• Publication Date: 2018-03-03T01:35:16Z
• Authors: Phoebe Tengdin; Wenjing You; Cong Chen; Xun Shi; Dmitriy Zusin; Yingchao Zhang; Christian Gentry; Adam Blonsky; Mark Keller; Peter M. Oppeneer; Henry C. Kapteyn; Zhensheng Tao; Margaret M. Murnane
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; Condensed Matter Physics; Den kondenserade materiens fysik; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; Research Articles

High-harmonic spectroscopies reveal that fast energy transfer within 20 fs triggers ultrafast magnetic phase transition in Ni.