Magneto-optical investigation of Au/Cu-wedge/NiFe sandwiches

E. E. Shalyguina; N. I. Tsidaeva; I. A. Pogrebnaya; O. A. Shalyguina; A. Marty; B. Gilles

doi:10.3379/jmsjmag.23.703

Chapter 9. Novel Magnetic Phenomena

Magneto-optical investigation of Au/Cu-wedge/NiFe sandwiches

E. E. Shalyguina, N. I. Tsidaeva, I. A. Pogrebnaya, O. A. Shalyguina, A. Marty, B. Gilles

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Keywords: magneto-optical effect, sandwich, finite-size effect, quantum well states

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1999 Volume 23 Issue 1_2 Pages 703-705

DOI https://doi.org/10.3379/jmsjmag.23.703

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The investigation of Cu-thickness dependence of magnetic and magneto-optical properties f Au/Cu-wedge/NiFe sandwiches were performed with help of the magneto-optical method with micron resolution. It was discovered that the magnitude of the transverse Kerr effect (TKE) oscillates, as Cu-wedge thickness is variable. It was found the period of these oscillations is equal to ∼ 6Å. It was proved that TKE oscillations are caused by the influence of finite-size effect.

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