Institut für Experimentalphysik / Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Abstract:
The magnetooptical Kerr effect in longitudinal configuration is used to measure hysteresis loops of ferromagnetic Fe-gratings grown on Al2O3 at different orders of diffraction. At even order of diffraction the hysteresis loops exhibit anomalies which can be attributed to the interference of the magnetic and non-magnetic parts of the grating. The Kerr angle in saturation increases linearly with the order of diffraction.