GIANT SPECULAR INVERSE FARADAY-EFFECT IN CD0.6MN0.4TE

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ZHELUDEV, NI [1 ]
BRUMMELL, MA [1 ]
HARLEY, RT [1 ]
MALINOWSKI, A [1 ]
POPOV, SV [1 ]
ASHENFORD, DE [1 ]
LUNN, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HULL, DEPT ENGN DESIGN & MANUFACTURE, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N HUMBERSIDE, ENGLAND
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10.1016/0038-1098(94)90064-7
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Observation of the non-resonant Specular inverse Faraday Effect (SIFE) in Cd0.6Mn0.4Te is reported. With picosecond circularly polarised pump and linearly polarised probe pulses at 532nm the pump-induced rotation of the reflected probe polarization plane was found to be approximately one order of magnitude stronger than in GaAs and reaches 3.5 10(-2) deg with a pump intensity of 5 MW cm-2.
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