Cubic magneto-optic Kerr effect in Ni(111) thin films with and without twinning
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| author | Gaerner, Maik Silber, Robin Peters, Tobias Hamrle, Jaroslav Kuschel, Timo |
| author_facet | Gaerner, Maik Silber, Robin Peters, Tobias Hamrle, Jaroslav Kuschel, Timo |
| contents | In most studies utilizing the magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE), the detected change of polarized light upon reflection from a magnetized sample is supposed to be proportional to the magnetization $\boldsymbol{M}$. However, MOKE signatures quadratic in $\boldsymbol{M}$ have also been identified and utilized, e.g., to sense the structural order in Heusler compounds, to detect spin-orbit torques or to image antiferromagnetic domains. In our study, we observe a strong anisotropic MOKE contribution of third order in $\boldsymbol{M}$ in Ni(111) thin films, attributed to a cubic magneto-optic tensor $\propto $ $\boldsymbol{M}^3$. We further show that the angular dependence of cubic MOKE (CMOKE) is affected by the amount of structural domain twinning in the sample. Our detailed study on CMOKE for two selected photon energies will open up new opportunities for CMOKE applications with sensitivity to twinning properties of thin films, e.g. CMOKE spectroscopy and microscopy or time-resolved CMOKE. |
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| spellingShingle | Cubic magneto-optic Kerr effect in Ni(111) thin films with and without twinning Gaerner, Maik Silber, Robin Peters, Tobias Hamrle, Jaroslav Kuschel, Timo Optics Materials Science In most studies utilizing the magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE), the detected change of polarized light upon reflection from a magnetized sample is supposed to be proportional to the magnetization $\boldsymbol{M}$. However, MOKE signatures quadratic in $\boldsymbol{M}$ have also been identified and utilized, e.g., to sense the structural order in Heusler compounds, to detect spin-orbit torques or to image antiferromagnetic domains. In our study, we observe a strong anisotropic MOKE contribution of third order in $\boldsymbol{M}$ in Ni(111) thin films, attributed to a cubic magneto-optic tensor $\propto $ $\boldsymbol{M}^3$. We further show that the angular dependence of cubic MOKE (CMOKE) is affected by the amount of structural domain twinning in the sample. Our detailed study on CMOKE for two selected photon energies will open up new opportunities for CMOKE applications with sensitivity to twinning properties of thin films, e.g. CMOKE spectroscopy and microscopy or time-resolved CMOKE. |
| title | Cubic magneto-optic Kerr effect in Ni(111) thin films with and without twinning |
| topic | Optics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.08298 |