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Spectral and Angle-Resolved Magneto-Optical Characterization of Photonic Nanostructures
Published on: November 21, 2019
Jones matrix analysis of incident angle effects in magnetooptic storage media
Abstract:
A ray-tracing technique employing Jones matrices was used to model the polarization state of the reflected wavefront as a function of numerical aperture for the various types of magnetooptic media. The average reflectance and MO signal for differential readout were calculated for different numerical apertures by integrating over the wavefront. Quadrilayer structures which are designed to maximize the readout SNR are most affected by incident angle effects.
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