Surface plasmon resonance effects in the Magneto Optical activity of noble metal-ferromagnet ultrathin films

Author

González-Díaz, J.B. ; García-Martín, A. ; Armelles, G. ; Garcia-Martin, J.M. ; Clavero, C. ; Cebollada, A. ; Clarke, R. ; Kumah, D. ; Lukaszew, R.A. ; Skuza, J.

Author_Institution

IMM (CNM-CSIC), Tres Cantos

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study elucidating the role of surface plasmon resonances in the enhancement of magneto optical activity. Au/Co/Au trilayers were grown on glass substrates by ultra-high-vacuum deposition and the thickness of the ferromagnetic layer was systematically varied between 0.3 and 10 nm. A comprehensive structural, magnetic and magneto-optical characterization of the different layers is provided. Simulations of both Kerr spectra and reflectivity were carried out using a transfer matrix algorithm applied to the multilayers.

Keywords

Kerr magneto-optical effect; cobalt; ferromagnetic materials; gold; surface plasmon resonance; Au-Co-Au; Au/Co/Au trilayers; Kerr spectra; ferromagnetic layer; glass substrates; magnetic characterization; magneto optical activity; magneto-optical characterization; metal-ferromagnet ultrathin films; structural characterization; surface plasmon resonance effects; transfer matrix algorithm; ultra-high-vacuum deposition; Glass; Gold; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic separation; Magnetooptic effects; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Plasmons; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386554

Filename

4386554