Optics of thin films and surfaces
• electromagnetic theory of light propagating, effects at interface
• matrix description of layered media, anisotropic and magnetooptic films
• partial coherence, thick films
Magnetic thin films
• magnetic anisotropy, hysteresis loop
• magnetic domains and magnetization reversal
• perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, exchange interactions, surface magnetism
• spin transport, GMR, AMR
• magnetic and magnetooptical recording
• thin-film magnetic sensors
Literature
M. Ohring, The materials science of thin films, Academic Press 1992.
H. A. Macleod, Thin-film optical filters, 2nd ed. Bristol, 1986
P. Yeh, Optical waves in layered media, Willey, New York 1988
R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, Ellipsometry and polarized light, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1977.
J.A. Ogilvy, Theory of wave scattering from rough surfaces, Adam Hilger, 1991.
B. D. Cullity, Introduction to magnetic materials, Addison-Wesley, London.
J.A.C. Bland and B. Heinrich (Eds.), Ultrathin magnetic structures I-IV, Springer 2005.
Advised literature
Papers in scientific journals.