AUTHOR=Sato Katsuaki , Ishibashi Takayuki TITLE=Fundamentals of Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics VOLUME=10 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.946515 DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.946515 ISSN=2296-424X ABSTRACT=

This paper provides a comprehensive review of magneto-optical (MO) spectroscopy. In the first place, different methods of MO measurements such as the Faraday effect, MO Kerr effect, and Cotton-Mouton effect are briefly introduced. Next, macroscopic and microscopic origin in magnetic materials is summarized. In the third part, measuring techniques for MO spectroscopies are reviewed, with a particular reference to the polarization modulation technique.