Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of
Date of this Version
2010
Abstract
Magneto-optical properties of ferromagnetic slanted columnar thin films from cobalt made by electron-beam glancing angle deposition are reported. Magneto-optic ellipsometry in the polar Kerr effect configuration was employed to determine the field- and wavelength-dependent complex magneto-optic polarizability parameter within the spectral range from 0.74 to 3.0 eV. Kerr effect measurements and calculations reveal a strong azimuthal dependence for the incident linear polarization with peak Kerr rotation one order of magnitude larger than what has been reported for solid Co thin films.
Comments
Published in Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 091906 (2010). Copyright © 2010 American Institute of Physics. Used by permission.