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Modified Sagnac interferometer for high-sensitivity magneto-optic measurements at cryogenic temperatures

Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 062508 (2006); doi:10.1063/1.2336620

Published 9 August 2006

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Jing Xia
Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Peter T. Beyersdorf
Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192

M. M. Fejer
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Aharon Kapitulnik
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
The authors describe a geometry for a Sagnac interferometer with a zero-area Sagnac loop for measuring the magneto-optic Kerr effect at cryogenic temperatures. The apparatus is capable of measuring absolute Kerr rotation without any modulation of the magnetic state of the sample and is intrinsically immune to reciprocal effects such as linear birefringence and thermal fluctuations. A single strand of polarization-maintaining fiber is fed into a He-3 cryostat, eliminating the need for optical viewports. With an optical power of only 10  µW, they demonstrate static Kerr measurements with a shot-noise-limited sensitivity of 1×10–7  rad/sqrt(Hz) down to 0.5  K. ©2006 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 24 March 2006; accepted 27 June 2006; published 9 August 2006
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 07.60.Ly
    Optical interferometers
  • 78.20.Ls
    Magnetooptical effects (bulk materials/thin films)
  • 07.20.Mc
    Cryogenics, refrigerators; low-temperature equipment
  • 05.40.Ca
    Noise (statistical physics)
  • YEAR: 2006

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