Extraordinary enhancement of the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect with high-refractive-index nanostructures

William O. F. Carvalho; E. Moncada-Villa; Osvaldo N. Oliveira; J. R. Mejía-Salazar

doi:10.1117/12.2593929

1 August 2021 Extraordinary enhancement of the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect with high-refractive-index nanostructures

William O. F. Carvalho, E. Moncada-Villa, Osvaldo N. Oliveira, J. R. Mejía-Salazar

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Proceedings Volume 11802, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVIII; 118020Q (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593929
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

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We present a new proposal for enhancing the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) in the transmission mode using dielectric magneto-optical (MO) ribs deposited on a high-refractive-index (HRI) slab. Our concept is based on the phase-matching condition between the MO grating and the slab to produce extraordinary TMOKE amplitudes, which are superior to the most successful plasmonic approaches, and at least one order of magnitude higher than using dielectric MO gratings. It is also significant that there was almost no loss in the structure proposed owing to the low level of losses from the constituent materials. These features can be exploited in sensing and biosensing, as we demonstrated by considering the nanostructure in a typical liquid medium.

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William O. F. Carvalho, E. Moncada-Villa, Osvaldo N. Oliveira, and J. R. Mejía-Salazar "Extraordinary enhancement of the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect with high-refractive-index nanostructures", Proc. SPIE 11802, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVIII, 118020Q (1 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593929

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