Giant transversal Kerr effect in magneto-plasmonic heterostructures: The scattering-matrix method

Journal Article · Sat May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776110050134· OSTI ID:21443524

Bykov, D A; Doskolovich, L L ^[1]; Kalish, A N; Zvezdin, A K ^[2]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Image Processing Systems Institute (Russian Federation)
2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Russian Federation)

The magneto-optical intensity effect (transversal Kerr effect) in a metal-dielectric periodic heterostructure that consists of a metallic grating formed by subwavelength slits and a dielectric substrate magnetized along the slits is shown to be resonantly enhanced by several tens of times in the excitation region of structure eigenmodes-surface plasmon polaritons and Fabry-Perot modes. The Fourier modal and scattering-matrix methods adapted to the case of gyrotropic periodic media have been used. The resonant enhancement of the intensity effect is attributable to the phenomenon of magneto-optical nonreciprocity.

• OSTI ID: 21443524
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 110; ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
HETEROJUNCTIONS
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