Xianyang Lu, Zhiyong Lin, Hanqi Pi, Tan Zhang, Guanqi Li, Yuting Gong, Yu Yan, Xuezhong Ruan, Yao Li, Hui Zhang, Lin Li, Liang He, Jing Wu, Rong Zhang, Hongming Weng, Changgan Zeng, Yongbing Xu
The magnetic type-II Weyl semimetal (MWSM) Co3 Sn2 S2 has recently been found to host a variety of remarkable phenomena including surface Fermi-arcs, giant anomalous Hall effect, and negative flat band magnetism. However, the dynamic magnetic properties remain relatively unexplored. Here, we investigate the ultrafast spin dynamics of Co3 Sn2 S2 crystal using time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect and reflectivity spectroscopies. We observe a transient magnetization behavior, consisting of spin-flipping dominated fast demagnetization, slow demagnetization due to overall half-metallic electronic structures, and an unexpected ultrafast magnetization enhancement lasting hundreds of picoseconds upon femtosecond laser excitation...
March 18, 2024: Nature Communications