title: Magneto-optical contrast in near-field optics.
abstract: We propose a simple calculation of near-field magneto-optical (MO) images based on the beam propagation method. We calculate both Faraday rotation and circular dichroism contrasts of planar magnetic structures such as as-grown thin films and ion-irradiated samples. High-contrast near-field MO images are obtained, in good agreement with our experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microstructures et de Microélectronique, CNRS, Bagneux, France. yong.chen@12ezm.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kottler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chappert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Essaidi