Deformed MO loops: appearance of orthogonal components of magnetization

Author

Nakanishi, T. ; Kokogawa, T. ; numata, T. ; Inokuchi, S.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

33

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1046

Lastpage

1048

Abstract

The widely used magnetooptical (MO) loop tracer which measures polarization rotation in terms of light-power levels is not adequate for observing individual magnetization components. Loop tracing with the transverse Kerr effect yielding MO loops is able to determine such single components. We present a differential system for observing the transverse Kerr effect which we have constructed for stable measurements of single magnetization components. Measurements were performed on a soft magnetic thin film

Keywords

Kerr magneto-optical effect; magnetic variables measurement; magnetisation; optical variables measurement; polarimetry; soft magnetic materials; deformed MO loops; light-power levels; magnetization; magnetooptical loop tracer; orthogonal components; polarization rotation; single magnetization components; soft magnetic thin film; stable measurements; transverse Kerr effect; Independent component analysis; Kerr effect; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic materials; Magnetization; Magnetooptic effects; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Reflectivity; Rotation measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.558524

Filename

558524