GIANT NONLINEAR MAGNETOOPTICAL KERR-EFFECT FROM FE INTERFACES

Authors
KOERKAMP MG RASING T
Citation
Mg. Koerkamp et T. Rasing, GIANT NONLINEAR MAGNETOOPTICAL KERR-EFFECT FROM FE INTERFACES, Surface science, 352, 1996, pp. 933-936
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
352
Year of publication
1996
Pages
933 - 936
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1996)352:<933:GNMKFF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) in reflection from Cr/Fe(100) and Au/Fe(100) shows a longitudinal nonlinear Kerr rotation that may be tuned at will between 0 degrees and 90 degrees, where the linear Ke rr angle is always less than 0.1 degrees. The result is in perfect agr eement with a simple phenomenological model assuming interface contrib utions only, and with spin dependent bandstructure calculations.