Ab initio investigation of laser-induced ultrafast demagnetization of L1_0 FePt: Intensity dependence and importance of electron coherence
arxiv(2023)
摘要
We theoretically investigate the optically-induced demagnetization of
ferromagnetic FePt using the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT).
We compare the demagnetization mechanism in the perturbative and
nonperturbative limits of light-matter interaction and show how the underlying
mechanism of the ultrafast demagnetization depends on the driving laser
intensity. Our calculations show that the femtosecond demagnetization in TDDFT
is a longitudinal magnetization reduction and results from a nonlinear
optomagnetic effect, akin to the inverse Faraday effect. The demagnetization
scales quadratically with the electric field E in the perturbative limit,
i.e., Δ M_z ∝ E^2. Moreover, the magnetization dynamics happens
dominantly at even multiples nω_0, (n = 0, 2, ⋯) of the
pump-laser frequency ω_0, whereas odd multiples of ω_0 do not
contribute. We further investigate the demagnetization in conjunction to the
optically-induced change of electron occupations and electron correlations.
Correlations within the Kohn-Sham local-density framework are shown to have an
appreciable yet distinct effect on the amount of demagnetization depending on
the laser intensity. Comparing the ab initio computed demagnetizations with
those calculated from spin occupations, we show that electronic coherence plays
a dominant role in the demagnetization process, whereas interpretations based
on the time-dependent occupation numbers poorly describe the ultrafast
demagnetization.
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