Thickness Dependence Of Magneto-Optic Effects In Terbium-Iron Films

Tu Chen; M. Mansuripur; R. Malmhall

doi:10.1117/12.970212

1 January 1983 Thickness Dependence Of Magneto-Optic Effects In Terbium-Iron Films

Tu Chen, M. Mansuripur, R. Malmhall

Proceedings Volume 0382, Optical Data Storage; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970212
Event: Optical Data Storage, 1983, Incline Village, United States

Abstract

Reflectivity, polar Kerr rotation, and magneto-optical (M-o) response of rf-sputtered amorphous TbFe thin films, overcoated with thermally evaporated SiO, were measured as a function of TbFe film thickness in the range 5-150 nm. The optical and tvi-o properties were found to depend strongly on film thickness and deviations from theoretical calculations were particularly large for very thin films. It was suggested that the complex dielectric tensor, and hence the index of refraction and absorption coefficient, vary with film thickness due to existence of an island-like/void microstructure for very thin films. The importance of an experimental determination of optical and M-O properties in relation to a theoretical computation was pointed out.

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Tu Chen, M. Mansuripur, and R. Malmhall "Thickness Dependence Of Magneto-Optic Effects In Terbium-Iron Films", Proc. SPIE 0382, Optical Data Storage, (1 January 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970212

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