Optical properties of multilayer structures

Abstract:

This paper describes the magneto-optical effects of metallic multilayers under the condition of total internal reflection. In the framework of the Green's dyadic technique, we present numerical simulations which account for the variation of the magneto-optical signal with the angle of incidence. The Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) has become a new technique of characterization for thin films. We show, in this paper, optical effects due to a slight variation of the indice of refraction for thin dielectric films in reflection by the reflectivity and the Kerr rotation spectra of an optimized system. In transmission, this variation is brought to the fore by the near-field intensity spectra.