Abstract-Ultrafast Spin Precession and Transport Controlled and Probed with Terahertz Radiation

T. Kampfrath, 

M. Battiato, 

A. Sell, 

F. Freimuth, 

A. Leitenstorfer, 

M. Wolf, 

R. Huber, 

P. M. Oppeneer,

M. Münzenberg

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-07743-7_100
We present examples of how terahertz (THz) electromagnetic transients can be used to control spin precession in antiferromagnets (through the THz Zeeman torque) and to probe spin transport in magnetic heterostructures (through the THz inverse spin Hall effect), on femtosecond time scales.