Publication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 28, p.32LT01 (2016)Date Published:
06/2016Abstract:
We report a time-resolved study of the ultrafast dynamics of the magnetic moments formed by the Jeff = 1/2 states in Sr2IrO4 by directly probing the localized iridium 5d magnetic state through resonant x-ray diffraction. Using optical pump–hard x-ray probe measurements, two relaxation time scales were determined: a fast fluence-independent relaxation is found to take place on a time scale of 1.5 ps, followed by a slower relaxation on a time scale of 500 ps–1.5 ns.