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Near‐field imaging of ultrathin magnetic films with in‐plane magnetization
Author(s) -
Dickson W.,
Takahashi S.,
Pollard R.,
Atkinson R.,
Zayats A. V.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01112.x
Subject(s) - magnetization , condensed matter physics , magnetic field , materials science , plane (geometry) , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Summary A new approach to near‐field magneto‐optical imaging was developed capable of visualization of in‐plane magnetization of ultrathin magnetic structures. The approach relies on the magneto‐optical effect specific for thin magnetic layers and employs near‐field transmission measurements of longitudinal and/or transverse magneto‐optical effect arising from the presence of thin film interfaces. The near‐field magneto‐optical contrast of in‐plane domain structure of ultrathin Co film has been demonstrated in different polarization configurations.