Magneto-optical Kerr effect from layered systems when using elliptically polarized incident light

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Vernes, A ^a   Weinberger, P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NICKEL; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION;

EID: 42749104045     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.134411     Document Type: Article

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