Magnetooptical properties of a ferromagnetic superlattice

Transmission and reflection of a normally incident wave from a magnetic sup erlattice consisting of 2N ferromagnetic layers with alternating orientatio n of the magnetization vector are considered. The characteristic matrix of a superlattice relating wave amplitudes at the entrance to the system and a t the exit from it is calculated in the closed form and Jones matrices dete rmining all the basic magnetooptical characteristics of the structure (tran smission and reflection coefficients, the degree of polarization of transmi tted and reflected waves, and so on) are constructed. A significant depende nce of these characteristics on the number of layers is demonstrated. (C) 2 001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".