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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 9 / STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 091906 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3340913 (3 pages)

Magneto-optical properties of cobalt slanted columnar thin films

Daniel Schmidt1, Tino Hofmann1, Craig M. Herzinger2, Eva Schubert1, and Mathias Schubert1

1Department of Electrical Engineering and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0511, USA
2J. A. Woollam Co. Inc., 645 M Street, Suite 102 Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-2243, USA

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(Received 3 December 2009; accepted 9 February 2010; published online 2 March 2010)

Magneto-optical properties of ferromagnetic slanted columnar thin films from cobalt made by electron-beam glancing angle deposition are reported. Magneto-optic ellipsometry in the polar Kerr effect configuration was employed to determine the field- and wavelength-dependent complex magneto-optic polarizability parameter within the spectral range from 0.74 to 3.0 eV. Kerr effect measurements and calculations reveal a strong azimuthal dependence for the incident linear polarization with peak Kerr rotation one order of magnitude larger than what has been reported for solid Co thin films.

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

cobalt, electron beam deposition, ferromagnetic materials, Kerr magneto-optical effect, metallic thin films, polarisation

PACS

  • 78.20.Ls

    Magneto-optical effects

  • 75.50.Cc

    Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys

  • 68.55.-a

    Thin film structure and morphology

  • 73.61.At

    Metal and metallic alloys

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3340913

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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