A NEW LINEAR-OPTICAL TOOL FOR SURFACE MAGNETISM

Authors
PETUKHOV AV RASING T
Citation
Av. Petukhov et T. Rasing, A NEW LINEAR-OPTICAL TOOL FOR SURFACE MAGNETISM, Surface science, 404(1-3), 1998, pp. 360-364
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
404
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
360 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1998)404:1-3<360:ANLTFS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A novel effect of magneto-optical Kerr rotation from a surface in the transversal geometry is predicted that is linear in the magnetization M and is forbidden in the bulk of most magnetic media. This Surface-In duced Transversal Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (SITMOKE) is found to va nish at most bulk-terminated low-index faces of cubic media but is all owed at lower-symmetry planes so that SITMOKE is suitable for studying the magnetism of vicinal and reconstructed surfaces. (C) 1998 Elsevie r Science B.V. All rights reserved.