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Concomitant manipulation of effective demagnetization field and magnetic damping in Mn2Au/CoFeB heterostructures by ultrafast laser excitation

Donghang Xie, Shuai Zhang, Haozhe Wang, Zhuoyi Li, Jiarui Chen, Jiahua Lu, Bo Liu, Jun Du, Jing Wu, Ronghua Liu, Rong Zhang, Yongbing Xu, and Xuezhong Ruan

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 9 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/vfn3-cbmn

Abstract

We report the magnetic dynamics of as-deposited Mn2Au/CoFeB heterostructures via time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect (TR-MOKE) spectroscopy. Increasing the pump fluence from 5 to 25 mJ/cm2 results in an effective demagnetization field 4πM_eff decreasing from 9.178 to 7.483 kOe, accompanied by magnetic damping α_0 decreasing from 0.0225 to 0.0110. The concomitant modulation of 4πM_eff and α_0 is elucidated through the mechanism that the pump excitation with elevated fluence suppresses the antiferromagnetic (AFM) order of Mn2Au and antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic (AFM-FM) exchange coupling by thermal effect, thereby reducing both 4πM_eff and α_0. These findings provide critical insights into femtosecond laser-modulated magnetic dynamics of AFM/FM bilayers and pave the way for AFM/FM applications in spintronics.

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