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Inverse transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: It is shown theoretically that a static in-plane magnetic field is generated in a ferromagnetic film by $p$-polarized light obliquely incident on the film. This phenomenon can be called the inverse transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect. The femtosecond laser pulse of peak intensity of 500 W/\ensuremath{\mu}m${}^{2}$ generates in nickel an effective magnetic field of about 100 Oe. The value of the effective magnetic field can be increased by more than an order of magnitude at the surface plasmon-polariton resonance excited in smooth metal dielectric structures or in plasmonic crystals.

Source: Physical Review B

Authors: V. I. Belotelov, A. K. Zvezdin

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Prokhorov General Physics Institute

Language: English

Topic: Magnetic properties of thin films

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

OpenAlex ID: W2035428714

FWCI: 0.997

Cites: 24

Cited by: 52

Related to: 10