… Kerr effects are characterized by a complex rotation of the plane of polarization of linearly
polarized incident light upon reflection from the surface … derives its surface sensitivity from the …

… Kerr discovered this effect [2], [3] when examining the polarization of light reflected from a
polished electromagnet pole. The magneto-optic Kerr effect is … on the Kerr effect in this section, …

… ) surface by a surface magneto-optic Kerr effect. The magnetic anisotropy of the flat Pt(111)
surface … occur on the sputtered Pt(111) surface. This difference is attributed to the fact that the …

… magnetooptic phenomena are usually distinguished, the Faraday effect, and the Kerr
effect. … Here, we distinguish a pure Kerr effect from the general Kerr effect by analyzing the …

… Experimentally it will be shown that the magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) hysteresis loops
recorded for diffracted beams can be quite different from those recorded for the reflected beam…

… surface magneto-optical Kerr effect (SMOKE) was reported by Moog and Bader in 1985 [4],
the related research on surface … of biomolecules with the magneto-optic surfaceplasmon-…

… RHEED); and the analysis chamber for the surface magneto-optic Kerr effect (SMOKE), thermal
… since the quality of the substrate surface is a crucial factor for meaningful measurements. …

… A relaxed structure is assumed to be found if the atomic forces are less than 1.5 mRy/au
For the polar surface magneto-optical Kerr effect (SMOKE) calculation, we treated the spin-orbit …

… The magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) is widely used … surface on ultra-fast timescales [5,
9] while MOKE ellipsometry can be used to measure magnetic moment [10]. The magneto-optic …

… In order to maximize the transversal magneto-optic Kerr effect (T-MOKE) of a Au/Co/Au … , for
a 532 nm green laser, a maximal surface magneto-optic (MO) signal enhancement of close to …