Size Effects in Optical and Magneto-Optical Response of Opal-Cobalt Heterostructures

Size effects in the magneto-optical response of Co nanoparticles

A study of the magneto-optical MO spectral response of Co nanoparticles embedded in MgO as a function of their size and concentration in the spectral range from 1.4 to 4.3 eV is presented. The nanoparticle layers were obtained by sputtering at different deposition temperatures. Transmission electron microscopy measurements show that the nanoparticles have a complex structure which consists of a...

Size-dependent Optical Response of Magneto-plasmonic Core-shell Nanoparticles

Functional properties tunability prospect of multi-layered and multi-metallic nanoparticles with respect to their emerging applications has always been the area of attraction. Magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles (MPNPs) present the possibility to exhibit their tuneable magnetic and optical properties with broad applications in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cancer therapy, photovoltaic solar cell...

Magneto-Optical properties of GaP single crystal

The temperature dependence of magneto-optical and magneto-photoconductivity measurements were carried out in the range of (200-330) K. A home made optical cryostat was used for the measurements. The measured room temperature value of the energy gap was found to be 2.211 eV. The temperature coefficient of energy gap was found to be -5.48×10-4 eV/K obtained by the optical absorption method and -4...

Magneto-optical properties of cobalt slanted columnar thin films

Magneto-optical response in bimetallic metamaterials

We demonstrate resonant Faraday polarization rotation in plasmonic arrays of bimetallic nanoring resonators consisting of Au and Ni sections. This metamaterial design allows to optimize the trade-off between the enhancement of magneto-optical effects and plasmonic dissipation. Nickel sections corresponding to as little as ∼ 6% of the total surface of the metamaterial result in magneto-optically...