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 516
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 516
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Quantifying Spin-Mixed States in Ferromagnets
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2021
Ultrafast magnetization dynamics in the half-metallic Heusler alloy Co2FeAl
Part of Physical Review B, 2021
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
Investigation of the spectral properties and magnetism of BiFeO3 by dynamical mean-field theory
Part of Physical Review B, 2018
Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, 2017
Tomographic reconstruction of circularly polarized high-harmonic fields: 3D attosecond metrology.
Part of Science Advances, 2016
Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 63-66, 2016
Photoinduced reduction of surface states in Fe:ZnO
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015
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
Non-collinear generation of angularly isolated circularly polarized high harmonics
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 743-750, 2015
Strong-field ionization with two-color circularly polarized laser fields
Part of Physical Review A, 2015
Reactive ZnO/Ti/ZnO interfaces studied by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2014
Depth-Dependent Magnetization Profiles of Hybrid Exchange Springs
Part of Physical Review Applied, 2014
Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 278-288, 2013
Detection of microwave phase variation in nanometre-scale magnetic heterostructures
Part of Nature Communications, p. 2025, 2013
Interface characterization of Co2MnGe/Rh2CuSn Heusler multilayers
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, p. 134407, 2013
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2013
Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 278-288, 2013
Part of Physical Review Letters, p. 127201, 2012
Annealing effects on structural and magnetic properties of Co implanted ZnO single crystals
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2011
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and uniaxiality of MnAs/GaAs(100) films
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2011
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2010
Atomic-scale chemical fluctuation in LaSrVMoO6, a proposed half-metallic antiferromagnet
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2010
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
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2008
Part of Journal of Physics D, 2008
Inhomogeneity in Co Doped ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2008
Electronic structure of Co doped ZnO: Theory and experiment
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2008
Ordering in diluted magnetic semiconductors: A magnetic percolation phenomenon (invited)
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2007
Articles, review/survey
Part of Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, p. 80-93, 2011
Chapters in book
Spectroscopic investigations of electronic structure
Part of Advanced Functional Materials, p. 45-70, Elsevier, 2012
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Different fingerprints for the OISTR mechanism in the magnetic alloys experiments
Part of ADVANCES IN ULTRAFAST CONDENSED PHASE PHYSICS III, 2022
Manuscripts (preprints)
Ultrafast magnetization dynamics in magnetically frustrated NiFe2O4 ferrimagnet
Ultrafast dynamics in Fe65Co35 alloys: Effect of Re doping
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