{"id":177098,"date":"2023-11-30T05:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/the-secret-life-of-an-electromagnon-research-takes-a-step-toward-ultrafast-control-of-magnetism-with-light"},"modified":"2023-11-30T05:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:24:54","slug":"the-secret-life-of-an-electromagnon-research-takes-a-step-toward-ultrafast-control-of-magnetism-with-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/the-secret-life-of-an-electromagnon-research-takes-a-step-toward-ultrafast-control-of-magnetism-with-light","title":{"rendered":"The secret life of an electromagnon: Research takes a step toward ultrafast control of magnetism with light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-secret-life-of-an-electromagnon-research-takes-a-step-toward-ultrafast-control-of-magnetism-with-light2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have revealed how lattice vibrations and spins talk to each other in a hybrid excitation known as an electromagnon. To achieve this, they used a unique combination of experiments at the X-ray free electron laser SwissFEL. Understanding this fundamental process at the atomic level opens the door to ultrafast control of magnetism with light.<\/p>\n<p>Within the <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/atomic+lattice\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">atomic lattice<\/a> of a solid, particles and their various properties cooperate in wave-like motions known as collective excitations. When atoms in a lattice jiggle together, the collective excitation is known as a phonon. Similarly, when the atomic spins\u2014the magnetization of the atoms-move together, it\u2019s known as a magnon.<\/p>\n<p>The situation gets more complex. Some of these collective excitations talk to each other in so-called hybrid excitations. One such hybrid excitation is an electromagnon. Electromagnons get their name because of the ability to excite the atomic spins using the <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/electric+field\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electric field<\/a> of light, in contrast to conventional magnons: an exciting prospect for numerous technical applications. Yet their secret life at an <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/atomic+level\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">atomic level<\/a> is not well understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have revealed how lattice vibrations and spins talk to each other in a hybrid excitation known as an electromagnon. To achieve this, they used a unique combination of experiments at the X-ray free electron laser SwissFEL. Understanding this fundamental process at the atomic level opens the door to ultrafast control of magnetism with light. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}