Ultrafast momentum-dependent response of electrons in antiferromagnetic EuFe2As2 driven by optical excitation

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Mar 2;108(9):097002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.097002. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Abstract

Employing the momentum sensitivity of time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we demonstrate the analysis of ultrafast single- and many-particle dynamics in antiferromagnetic EuFe(2)As(2). Their separation is based on a temperature-dependent difference of photoexcited hole and electron relaxation times probing the single-particle band and the spin density wave gap, respectively. Reformation of the magnetic order occurs at 800 fs, which is 4 times slower compared to electron-phonon equilibration due to a smaller spin-dependent relaxation phase space.