Plasmonic System with In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy for Plasmon Based Magnetic Switching

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2019.jw2a.59
• Publication Date: 2019-05-07T22:47:43Z
• Authors: M. Shahabuddin; N. Noginova
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

Profile-modulated permalloy films are promising for magneto-optical applications. We show that such systems demonstrate plasmonic properties and have uniaxial in-plane anisotropy, which may allow sharp magnetization switching using SAM of light.