Abstract
We have derived simplified analytic expressions for various magneto-optical Kerr effects of an optically thick medium having an arbitrary magnetization direction. We have found that the simplified formulae for the Kerr effects of p and s waves consisted of a product of two factors: the prefactor dependent pure optical parameters of the system and the main factor of the polar Kerr effect for a normal incidence case. The measured magneto-optic polar Kerr rotation angles of Co/Pd multilayers and the longitudinal Kerr rotation angles of Cu/Co multilayers with varying incident angles could be well fitted using the simplified analytical formulae.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1315-1317 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 26 Aug 1996 |