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利用双泵太赫兹发射光谱技术表征铁磁异质结构中的超快自旋动力学

Characterization of ultrafast spin dynamics in ferromagnetic heterostructures using double-pump terahertz emission spectroscopy

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  • 理解铁磁异质结构中由超快激光诱导的自旋动力学,对基础理论研究和未来自旋电子器件的发展都具有重要意义。本文将光泵浦–太赫兹发射(OPTE)光谱技术与微观三温模型(M3TM)相结合,建立了一种简单高效的超快自旋动力学表征方法。研究中我们通过该方法实现了对典型 Pt/CoFeB/Ta/SiO2铁磁异质结构中超快自旋动力学的定性与定量表征。在实验中我们观测到磁化动力学的多个特征阶段:首先是在小于0.2 ps时间尺度内发生的磁化快速淬灭过程,随后出现两个分别由电子–声子与自旋–声子相互作用主导的不同磁恢复阶段。此外,我们通过M3TM确定了随泵浦能量密度变化的电子–声子耦合系数及晶格弛豫时间,结果证明这些参数对磁化恢复动力学过程起主导作用。该实验结果进一步加深了在超快时间尺度下对自旋与电荷输运基本机制的理解,也为后续精准调控超快自旋动力学行为提供了重要依据。

    In this study, we systematically investigate the ultrafast spin dynamics and underlying physical mechanisms of Pt/CoFeB/Ta/SiO2 ferromagnetic heterostructures at room temperature by using a femtosecond laser-based dual-pump optical pump–terahertz emission (OPTE) spectroscopy combined with the microscopic three-temperature model (M3TM). This integrated approach enables the qualitative characterization and quantitative analysis of ultrafast magnetization dynamics, which serves as a simple and efficient strategy for probing spin–charge coupling in magnetic heterostructures. The time-resolved OPTE measurements clearly resolve a three-stage ultrafast magnetization evolution process: an ultrafast demagnetization within a sub-0.2 ps timescale, followed by two distinguishable magnetization recovery stages dominated by electron–phonon interaction and spin–phonon interaction, respectively. Quantitative analysis demonstrates that the demagnetization time is nearly independent of the control pump fluence, and is significantly shorter than that of single-layer Fe films in our previous work. This accelerated demagnetization is attributed to the introduction of Ta and Pt nonmagnetic layers, which strongly enhance the spin–orbit coupling and promote efficient interlayer spin transport and angular momentum transfer. Moreover, increasing the pump fluence intensifies spin fluctuations, reduces the transient magnetic anisotropy, and thus slows down the spin–phonon relaxation process. By quantitatively fitting the experimental dynamics with the M3TM, we successfully extract the key kinetic parameters including the electron–phonon coupling constant and lattice relaxation time. Both parameters show a monotonic increase with rising pump fluence, revealing a higher efficiency of energy transfer from the electronic subsystem to the lattice subsystem under stronger photoexcitation. These results explicitly highlight the crucial role of interlayer angular momentum transport in ultrafast demagnetization dynamics. This study not only deepens the fundamental understanding of ultrafast spin and charge transport mechanisms in ferromagnetic heterostructures, but also provides essential experimental benchmarks and theoretical guidance for the design and optimization of high-performance magneto-optical storage devices and terahertz emission devices.

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