title: Apparatus for vectorial Kerr confocal microscopy.
abstract: We present a confocal microscopy setup that is able to record magneto-optical hysteresis cycles separating the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization components. This apparatus is based on a modified commercial microscope, where the light beam has been deviated from the cylindrical symmetry axis of the objective lenses by inserting a translating plate in the optical path. The instrument allows for the magneto-optical imaging with a lateral resolution of 600 nm at λ = 635 nm light wavelength.
authors.affiliation: CNISM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savoini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciccacci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duò
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finazzi