Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Magnetoopic

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	9360-0216/01
Abbreviation	MO
Course title	Magnetoopic
Credits	10
Coordinating department	CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jaromír Pištora, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Physical principles of magneto-optical effects (reflection, transmission, emission MO effects, Kerr effects, Faraday effect, Voigt effect, Zeeman effects – microscopic models of magneto-optical effects, oscilator model, tensor permitivity symmetry, linear, quadratic magneto-optical tensor, matrix algebra, nonlinear magneto-optics).
Experimental magneto-optical arrangements (crossed polarizers method, differential methods, modulation methods, methods based on variables separation, waveguiding magneto-optical methods.
Magneto-optical effects applications (thin magnetic films and nanostructures diagnostics, magneto-optical magnetometry, magneto-optical microscopy, near-field magneto-optics, magneto-optical isolators, magneto-optical crystals, integrated isolator, magneto-optical effects in waveguides, magneto-optical sensors.

Literature

1. A. K. Zvezdin and V. A. Kotov, Modern magnetooptics and magnetic materials, Institute of Physics Publishing 1997.
2. S. Višňovský, Optics of magnetic multilayers and nanostructures, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis 2006.
3. M. Mansuripur, The physical principles of magneto-optical recording, Cambridge University Press 1995.
4. R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, Ellipsometry and polarized light, North-Holland, Amsterdam 1977.

Advised literature

1. P. Yeh, Optical waves in layered media, Wiley 1988.
2. S. Sugano and N. Kojima, Magneto-optics, Springer 1999.
3. V. V. Eremenko, Magneto-optics and spectroscopy of antiferromagnets, Springer 1992.

back to search page