1.Kirenskii Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences,Krasnoyarsk,Russia;2.Siberian Federal University,Krasnoyarsk,Russia
Abstract:
The results from experimental studies of the magnetooptical Kerr and Faraday effects in Co-P films are described. It is shown
that the angle of rotation of the polarization of light in the polar Kerr effect is a nonmonotonic function of film thickness.
Maximum changes in the angle of rotation are observed in the wavelength region of incident radiation for thicknesses comparable
to the skin layer. A qualitative model in which the observed effects are attributed to the multilayer structure of the samples
under study is described.