Thickness dependence of linear and quadratic magneto-optical Kerr effects in ultrathin Fe(001) films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Buchmeier, M ^a,b   Schreiber, R ^a   Burgler D E ^a   Schneider, C M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 61549089337     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.064402     Document Type: Article

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