Enhanced magneto-optical Kerr effect and index sensitivity in Au/FexCo1-x magnetoplasmonic transducers

Haipeng Lu; Chuan Liu; Jun Qin; Chuangtang Wang; Yan Zhang; Longjiang Deng; Lei Bi

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000385

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