The course includes basic principles of linear and quadratic magneto-optic
effects, description of magneto-optic tensors, modeling of magneto-optic
effects in reflection and transmission from multilayer structures, magneto-
optics of periodic structures and photonic crystals, and non-linear magneto-
optics. Interest is focused on applications in magneto-optic recording,
application of magneto-optical vector magnetometry in magnetism, Kerr
microscopy for observation of magnetic domains, magneto-optic sensors of
magnetic field and electric current, and magneto-optic isolators for
telecommunications.
Literature
1. A. K. Zvezdin and V. A. Kotov, Modern magnetooptics and magnetic materials,
Institute of Physics Publishing, 1997
2. M. Mansuripur, The physical principles of magneto-optical recording,
Cambridge University Press, 1995
3. R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, Ellipsometry and polarized light, North-
Holland, Amsterdam 1977.
4. P.Yeh, Optical waves in layered media, Wiley, 1988.
5. S. Sugano and N. Kojima, Magneto-optics, Springer, 1999.
Advised literature
1. V. V. Eremenko, Magneto-optics and spectroscopy of antiferromagnets,
Springer, 1992.
2. K. H. Bennemann, Non-linear optics in metals, Clarendon Pr, 1998.