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    Extensive study of magneto-optical and optical properties of Cd1−xMnxTe between 675 and 1025 nm
    (New York, NY : American Inst. of Physics, 2023) Tyborski, Christoph; Hassan, Muhammad T.; Flisgen, Thomas; Schiemangk, Max; Wicht, Andreas
    We determine Faraday rotations and measure the optical reflection and transmission from magneto-optical Cd1−xMnxTe crystals with various stoichiometric ratios. For wavelengths between 675 and 1025 nm, we derive Verdet constants, optical loss coefficients, and the complex indices of reflection that are relevant measures to find suitable stoichiometric ratios of Cd1−xMnxTe for the realization of miniaturized optical isolators. By reflection and transmission measurements, we determine the stoichiometric ratios of several different Cd1−xMnxTe crystals and discuss the observed dependence of the optical properties on the stoichiometric ratio with respect to their use in optical isolators. Finally, we show the relevant figure of merit, i.e., the ratio of Verdet constants and optical loss coefficients for Cd1−xMnxTe crystals with Mn contents ranging from x = 0.14 to x = 0.50.
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    The magneto-optical gradient effect in an exchange-biased thin film: Experimental evidence for classical diffraction theory
    (Milton Park : Taylor & Francis, 2010) Schäfer, R.; Hamann, C.; McCord, J.; Schultz, L.; Kamberský, V.
    The magneto-optical gradient effect decorates the boundaries of in-plane domains even at perpendicular incidence of light in an optical polarization microscope. For its explanation, the classical magneto-optical diffraction theory was previously used to derive the effect from the same gyrotropic interaction as the Kerr effect. In order to explain the symmetry of the experimentally observed contrast on bulk ferromagnetic crystals, planar as well as perpendicular subsurface gradients in the magnetization had to be assumed. This was particularly needed when the surface magnetizations in neighboring domains pointed head-on and a gradient contrast appeared also in conditions of vanishing gyrotropic interaction at the surface. The gradient contrast in such conditions should not appear in very thin films where perpendicular magnetization gradients are not enforced by reduction of magnetostatic energy. Here we present the first experimental confirmation of this expectation, thus closing an experimental gap in verifying the predictions of the diffraction theory.