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Magnetooptical Properties of Multilayer and Surface Layer Systems
Author(s) -
Huhne T.,
Ebert H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3951(199909)215:1<839::aid-pssb839>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - formalism (music) , condensed matter physics , optical conductivity , ab initio , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , kerr effect , spectral line , conductivity , tensor (intrinsic definition) , physics , materials science , computational physics , optics , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , molecule , mathematics , geometry , art , musical , visual arts
On the basis of the fully relativistic self consistent spin‐polarised KKR‐Green's function method (SPR‐KKR) for the ab‐initio calculation of the electronic structure of multilayer and surface layer systems, we have developed and implemented a calculational scheme to determine the frequency‐dependent layer‐resolved optical conductivity tensor. The optical conductivity provides a bridge to calculate all experimentally accessible magnetooptical quantities like Kerr rotation angles within a classical formalism based on microscopic Maxwell equations. First results for the Kerr‐rotation spectra of bulk b.c.c. Fe are presented and compared to experimental data and results of other authors. Emphasis will be laid — as a new feature of such calculations — on the layer‐resolved magnetooptical properties.