Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-03-10
Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 062508 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
3 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2336620
We describe a geometry for a Sagnac interferometer with a zero-area Sagnac loop for measuring magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) at cryogenic temperatures. The apparatus is capable of measuring absolute polar Kerr rotation at 1550 nm wavelength without any modulation of the magnetic state of the sample, and is intrinsically immune to reciprocal effects such as linear birefringence and thermal fluctuation. A single strand of polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber is fed into a liquid helium probe, eliminating the need for optical viewports. This configuration makes it possible to conduct MOKE measurements at much lower temperatures than before. With an optical power of only 10 $\mu$W, we demonstrate static Kerr measurements with a shot-noise limited sensitivity of $1\times 10^{-7}$ rad/$\sqrt{\rm Hz}$ from room temperature down to 2K. Typical bias drift was measured to be $3\times 10^{-7}$ rad/hour.
Beyersdorf Peter T.
Fejer Martin M.
Kapitulnik Aharon
Xia Jing
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