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Nonlinear magneto-optics of nanogranular films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Evgenia M. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;
Tatyana V Murzina
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;
Oleg A Aktsipetrov
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;
Anatolii F. Kravets
Affiliation:
Institute of Magnetism, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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Abstract

In this paper, the results of experimental studies of magnetization-induced second- and third-order nonlinear optical effects in magnetic nanogranular films are described. Magnetization-induced variations of the intensity, polarization state and the phase of the harmonics' waves are observed in magnetic nanogranular films of the composition CoxAg1-x and Cox(Al2O3)1-x. Nonlinear magneto-optical Kerr effect (NOMOKE) in third-harmonic generation is observed in these nanomaterials. The second- and third-order NOMOKE from granular films is shown to exceed the linear magneto-optical Kerr effect by at least an order of magnitude.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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