Theoretical Study on Metasurfaces for Transverse Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect Enhancement of Ultra-Thin Magnetic Dielectric Films

Jing Chen; Guohua Wu; Ping Gu; Yumei Tang; Chun Yang; Zhendong Yan; Chaojun Tang; Zhengqi Liu; Fan Gao; Pinggen Cai

doi:10.3390/nano11112825

Nanomaterials (Oct 2021)

Theoretical Study on Metasurfaces for Transverse Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect Enhancement of Ultra-Thin Magnetic Dielectric Films

Jing Chen,
Guohua Wu,
Ping Gu,
Yumei Tang,
Chun Yang,
Zhendong Yan,
Chaojun Tang,
Zhengqi Liu,
Fan Gao,
Pinggen Cai

Affiliations

Jing Chen: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Guohua Wu: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Ping Gu: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Yumei Tang: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Chun Yang: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Zhendong Yan: College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Chaojun Tang: College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Zhengqi Liu: Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Telecommunication, College of Physics and Communication Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
Fan Gao: College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Pinggen Cai: College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112825
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 11
p. 2825

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We study how to enhance the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) of ultra-thin magnetic dielectric films through the excitation of strong magnetic resonances on metasurface with a metal nanowire array stacked above a metal substrate with an ultra-thin magnetic dielectric film spacer. The plasmonic hybridizations between the Au nanowires and substrate result in magnetic resonances. The periodic arrangement of the Au nanowires can excite propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on the metal surface. When the SPPs and the magnetic resonances hybridize, they can strongly couple to form two strong magnetic resonances, which are explained by a coupled oscillator model. Importantly, benefitting from the strong magnetic resonances, we can achieve a large TMOKE signal up to 26% in the ultra-thin magnetic dielectric film with a thickness of only 30 nm, which may find potential applications in nanophotonics, magnonics, and spintronics.

Published in Nanomaterials

ISSN: 2079-4991 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials

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