Ultrafast magnetization dynamics and spin transport in magnetic oxide heterostructures (A09)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2018 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328545488

We investigate the ultrafast spin-dependent carrier dynamics and spin-transport processes in heterostructures of magnetic oxides, primarily the ferromagnetic insulator EuO, combining several complementary ultrafast techniques available within the CRC. Thin films of EuO grown by molecular beam epitaxy on various substrates will be investigated by femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, THz spectroscopy and magneto-optics to understand the spin-dependent scattering processes and transport phenomena in such heterostructures.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 227: Ultrafast Spin Dynamics
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Co-Applicant Institution: Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI)
• Project Head: Dr. Laurenz Rettig