Ebook: Three-configurational surface magneto-optical Kerr effect measurement system for an ultrahigh vacuum in situ study of ultrathin magnetic films

Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 71, number 10, October 2000, 3801-3805 pages
J.-W. Lee, J.-R. Jeong, D.-H. Kim, J. S. Ahn, J. Kim, and S.-C. ShinWe have constructed a three-configurational surface magneto-optical Kerr effect system, which
provides the simultaneous measurements of the ‘‘polar,’’ ‘‘longitudinal,’’ and ‘‘transverse’’ Kerr
hysteresis loops at the position where deposition is carried out in an ultrahigh vacuum growth
chamber. The present system enablesin situ three-dimensional vectorial studies of ultrathin film
magnetism with a submonolayer sensitivity. We present three-configurational hysteresis loops
measured during the growth of Co films on Pd(111), glass, and Pd/glass substrates.