In-depth resolution of the magneto-optical Kerr effect in ferromagnetic multilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2244231-22442316

  Hamrle, J ^a,b   Ferre J ^a   Nyvlt M ^b,c   Visnovsky S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; FILM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS; PHOTON; ROTATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 34547854189     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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