In the continuing push toward optical computing, the focus remains on
finding and developing the right materials. Characterizing materials,
understanding the behavior of light in these materials, and being able
to control the light are key players in the search for suitable optical
materials. Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures presents an
accessible introduction to optics in anisotropic magnetic media. While
most of the literature presents only final results of the complicated
formulae for the optics in anisotropic media, this book provides
detailed explanations and full step-by-step derivations that offer
insight into the procedure and reveal any approximations.
Based on more
than three decades of experimental research on the subject, the author
explains the basic concepts of magnetooptics; nonreciprocal wave
propagation; the simultaneous effect of crystalline symmetry and
arbitrarily oriented magnetization on the form of permittivity tensors;
spectral dependence of permittivity; multilayers at polar, longitudinal,
transverse, and arbitrary magnetization; the effect of normal or
near-normal incidence on multilayers; and anisotropic multilayer
gratings. Making the subject of magnetooptics and anisotropic media
approachable by the nonspecialist, Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and
Nanostructures serves as an ideal introduction to newcomers and an
indispensable reference for seasoned researchers.
