Zero loop-area Sagnac interferometer at oblique-incidence for detecting in-plane magneto-optic Kerr effect

We describe a zero loop-area Sagnac interferometer at oblique incidence for detecting magneto-optic Kerr effect arising from in-plane magnetization in a sample. By exploiting properties of polarization states under relevant crystal symmetry transformation, we show that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: X. D. Zhu, Galina Malovichko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4983802