Transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect measured using phase modulation

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Postava, K ^a,b,c   Maziewski, A ^a   Stupakiewicz, A ^a   Wawro, A ^b   Baczewski, L T ^b   Visnovsky S ^d   Yamaguchi, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Null ellipsometry; Phase modulation; Photoelastic modulator; Transverse magneto optic Kerr effect

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNETIZATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE MODULATION;

ELLIPSOMETRIC ANGLES; MAGNETO-OPTIC KERR EFFECT; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; NULL ELLIPSOMETRY; PHOTO-ELASTIC MODULATOR; SYSTEM IMPERFECTIONS; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 70350071383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2006.06017     Document Type: Article

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