Developing the Potential of Plasmon Enhancement in Perpendicular (PtCo Multilayer) Magneto-Optic Recording Media

• Published in: Transactions of the Magnetics Society of Japan Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 216 - 219
• Main Authors: Newman, Dave M., Matelon, Raphael J., Wears, M. Lesley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Magnetics Society of Japan 2002
• Subjects: anisotropy; magneto-optic readout; nano-structured surfaces; plasmon enhancement

A PtCo multilayer magneto-optic recording medium is deposited on a nano-structured 2D sinusoidal grating substrate to study the concept of plasmon enhancement of magneto-optic readout and other phenomena associated with this type of surface. Comparison is made with the magneto-optic behaviour of a s...