Ronny Knut
Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 03
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 364 52 43
- E-mail:
- Ronny.Knut@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA
Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science; Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 03
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 364 52 43
- E-mail:
- ronny.knut@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I'm a researcher at the HELIOS lab. This lab contains two laser sources that generate ultrashort (< 40 fs) pulses of extreme ultraviolet radiation (20 to 70 eV) which are used in a pump-probe setup to study ultrafast fast dynamic processes in gas, liquids and condensed matter. More recently we have also developed a short pulsed THz setup in the lab. I am mainly interested in magnetodynamics and the study of ultrafast phenomena in magnetic materials.

Publications
Recent publications
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First experiments with ultrashort, circularly polarized soft x-ray pulses at FLASH2
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
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Femtosecond charge and spin dynamics in a Co50Pt50 alloy
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
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Part of Physical Review B, 2025
- DOI for Evidence of an exchange-based origin of demagnetization from the fluence dependent delay of Ni in a disordered Fe0.5Ni0.5 alloy
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Elemental asymmetries of spin and electron dynamics in an insulating ferrimagnet
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2025
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Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2024
- DOI for Near-surface electronic structure in strained Ni-ferrite films: An x-ray absorption spectroscopy study
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All publications
Articles in journal
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First experiments with ultrashort, circularly polarized soft x-ray pulses at FLASH2
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
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Femtosecond charge and spin dynamics in a Co50Pt50 alloy
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
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Part of Physical Review B, 2025
- DOI for Evidence of an exchange-based origin of demagnetization from the fluence dependent delay of Ni in a disordered Fe0.5Ni0.5 alloy
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Elemental asymmetries of spin and electron dynamics in an insulating ferrimagnet
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2025
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Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2024
- DOI for Near-surface electronic structure in strained Ni-ferrite films: An x-ray absorption spectroscopy study
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Atom-specific magnon driven ultrafast spin dynamics in Fe1-xNix alloys
Part of Physical Review B, 2023
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Part of Physical Review B, 2023
- DOI for Element-resolved evidence of superdiffusive spin current arising from ultrafast demagnetization process
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Atom-specific magnon-driven ultrafast spin dynamics in Fe1-xNix alloys
Part of Physical Review B, 2023
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Observation of coherently coupled cation spin dynamics in an insulating ferrimagnetic oxide
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2023
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Element-selective ultrafast magnetization dynamics of hybrid Stoner-Heisenberg magnets
Part of Physical Review B, 2022
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Ultrafast manipulation of the NiO antiferromagnetic order via sub-gap optical excitation
Part of Faraday discussions, p. 300-316, 2022
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Experimental confirmation of the delayed Ni demagnetization in FeNi alloy
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2022
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Ultrafast modification of the electronic structure of a correlated insulator
Part of Physical Review Research, 2022
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Quantum watch and its intrinsic proof of accuracy
Part of Physical Review Research, 2022
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Element-Specific Magnetization Dynamics in Co-Pt Alloys Induced by Strong Optical Excitation
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 11714-11721, 2021
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Optical and extreme UV studies of spin dynamics in metallic and insulating ferrimagnets
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2021
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Perpendicular and In-Plane Hole Asymmetry in a Strained NiFe2O4 film
Part of Journal of Physics, 2021
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Quantifying Spin-Mixed States in Ferromagnets
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2021
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Ultrafast magnetization dynamics in the half-metallic Heusler alloy Co2FeAl
Part of Physical Review B, 2021
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Part of Physical Review Research, 2020
- DOI for Analysis of the linear relationship between asymmetry and magnetic moment at the M edge of 3d transition metals
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Developments and enhancements to the HELIOS pump probe system
Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 33-37, 2018
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Investigation of the spectral properties and magnetism of BiFeO3 by dynamical mean-field theory
Part of Physical Review B, 2018
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Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, 2017
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Tomographic reconstruction of circularly polarized high-harmonic fields: 3D attosecond metrology.
Part of Science Advances, 2016
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Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 63-66, 2016
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Photoinduced reduction of surface states in Fe:ZnO
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015
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Role of boron diffusion in CoFeB/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2015
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Generation of bright phase-matched circularly-polarized extreme ultraviolet high harmonics
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 99-105, 2015
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Non-collinear generation of angularly isolated circularly polarized high harmonics
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 743-750, 2015
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Strong-field ionization with two-color circularly polarized laser fields
Part of Physical Review A, 2015
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Reactive ZnO/Ti/ZnO interfaces studied by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2014
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Depth-Dependent Magnetization Profiles of Hybrid Exchange Springs
Part of Physical Review Applied, 2014
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Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 278-288, 2013
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Detection of microwave phase variation in nanometre-scale magnetic heterostructures
Part of Nature Communications, p. 2025, 2013
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Interface characterization of Co2MnGe/Rh2CuSn Heusler multilayers
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, p. 134407, 2013
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Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2013
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Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 278-288, 2013
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Part of Physical Review Letters, p. 127201, 2012
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Annealing effects on structural and magnetic properties of Co implanted ZnO single crystals
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2011
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Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and uniaxiality of MnAs/GaAs(100) films
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2011
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Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2010
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Atomic-scale chemical fluctuation in LaSrVMoO6, a proposed half-metallic antiferromagnet
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2010
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Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2009
- DOI for Investigation of interface properties of Ni/Cu multilayers by high kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy
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Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2008
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Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2008
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Part of Journal of Physics D, 2008
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Inhomogeneity in Co Doped ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2008
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Electronic structure of Co doped ZnO: Theory and experiment
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2008
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Ordering in diluted magnetic semiconductors: A magnetic percolation phenomenon (invited)
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2007
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 80-93, 2011
Chapters in book
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Spectroscopic investigations of electronic structure
Part of Advanced Functional Materials, p. 45-70, Elsevier, 2012
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Different fingerprints for the OISTR mechanism in the magnetic alloys experiments
Part of ADVANCES IN ULTRAFAST CONDENSED PHASE PHYSICS III, 2022
Manuscripts (preprints)
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Ultrafast magnetization dynamics in magnetically frustrated NiFe2O4 ferrimagnet
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Ultrafast dynamics in Fe65Co35 alloys: Effect of Re doping
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Ultrafast magnetization dynamics in half-metallic Co2FeAl Heusler alloy
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Ultrafast Spin Dynamics of Ru in Ru/Fe65Co35/Ru heterostructures: Effect of Re doping