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Excitation of magnetic precession in bismuth iron garnet via a polarization-independent impulsive photomagnetic effect
A polarization-independent, nonthermal optical effect on the magnetization in
bismuth iron garnet is found, in addition to the circular
polarization-dependent inverse Faraday effect and the linear
polarization-dependent photoinduced magnetic anisotropy. Its impulsive
character is demonstrated by the field dependence of the amplitude of the
resulting precession, which cannot be explained by a long-living photo or
heat-induced anisotropy.Comment: 12 pages, 3 Figure
Spectrally resolved optical probing of laser induced magnetization dynamics in bismuth iron garnet
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