<p> The home built Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) microscope was implemented to probe the magnetic domain patterns of thin film samples. A CCD camera is introduced to the existing MOKE rotation measurement setup. The images captured by the camera are used to analyze the change in the magnetic domain patterns by the Kerr effect. Using 6.5× zoom lens and 1.33× extension tube attached to the CCD camera, the size of the sample down to a 1.02mm by 0.75 mm area can be viewed in the image capture. Magnetic hysteresis loop is first measured to investigate the magnetic switching behavior and measure the coercivity. Domain images that exhibited the most significant change were mostly captured between magnetic remanence and near coercivity. The images of samarium cobalt thin film at or near magnetic coercivity showed the changes in shape and light intensity of the magnetic domain light patterns due to the Kerr rotation.</p><p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:13425872 |
| Date | 01 May 2019 |
| Creators | Jimenez, Nicholas M. |
| Publisher | California State University, Long Beach |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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