Magnetooptical Kerr spectroscopy of Co/Pd layered structures

Author

Uba, S. ; Uba, L. ; Gontarz, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Warsaw Univ., Poland

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

806

Lastpage

808

Abstract

The DC sputtered Co/Pd multilayer structures (MILS) have been investigated using optical and magnetooptical spectroscopy at room temperature in the photon energy range 0.65-5 eV. The measured Co/Pd MLS polar Kerr rotation and ellipticity show the strong contribution of the Pd magnetooptical activity. The magnetooptical response of the Co/Pd MLS has been simulated by multireflection calculation with magnetooptical Pd contribution. Good agreement between the observed and calculated Kerr spectra has been obtained

Keywords

Kerr magneto-optical effect; cobalt; ferromagnetic properties of substances; magnetic multilayers; palladium; sputtered coatings; 0.65 to 5 eV; 293 K; Co-Pd; Co/Pd layered structures; DC sputtered multilayer structures; ellipticity; magnetooptical Kerr spectroscopy; magnetooptical response; magnetooptical spectroscopy; multireflection calculation; optical spectroscopy; polar Kerr rotation; room temperature; strong contribution; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetooptic effects; Multilevel systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Physics; Rotation measurement; Spectroscopy; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.312415

Filename

312415