Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 11, 111201(2022)

Improving the sensitivity of DC magneto-optical Kerr effect measurement to 10−7rad/Hz

Junying Ma, Feng Gu, Ying Xu, Jiaming Le, Fanlong Zeng, Yizheng Wu, and Chuanshan Tian*
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  • State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    Junying Ma, Feng Gu, Ying Xu, Jiaming Le, Fanlong Zeng, Yizheng Wu, Chuanshan Tian. Improving the sensitivity of DC magneto-optical Kerr effect measurement to 10−7rad/Hz[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(11): 111201

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

    Received: Mar. 26, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 6, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 19, 2022

    The Author Email: Chuanshan Tian (cstian@fudan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.111201

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