Abstract
Magnetooptical Kerr rotation and Kerr ellipticity were measured on the (111) surface of a single crystal of PtMnSb for photon energies between 1.2 and 5.9 eV. Peak Kerr rotation reaches as large as 120 min of arc in an annealed sample. Real and imaginary parts of off-diagonal conductivity tensor were calculated from the measured spectra. The obtained spectra showed a good agreement with those of polycrystalline bulk samples. The spectrum of imaginary part of off-diagonal conductivity consists of two peaks with opposite signs at 2.5 eV and 5.2 eV, the first peak being resolved into two structures in the annealed crystal. These structures are correlated with band structures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 284-286 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Japanese journal of applied physics |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | S3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1993 Jan |
Keywords
- Annealing effect
- Band structure
- Dielectric permeability tensor
- Electric conductivity tensor
- Kerr ellipticity
- Kerr rotation
- Plasma enhancement
- PtMnSb single crystal
- Reflectivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)