Measurement System of Ferromagnetic Film Magnetic Properties Based on Mazneto-optical Kerr Effect

A new measuring system for magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic thin film has developed based on magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). This system can realize both polar MOKE and longitudinal MOKE measurements through the optimization of optical path and electromagnet's poles. The signal processing software on Lab View has been also designed to acquire the Kerr signal and plot the hysteresis loop. The MOKE measurements have been performed to investigate the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic films such as CoFeSiB, permalloy and NiFe/Ag/NiFe multilayer. The experimental results proved that the system has a high angular accuracy of 0.0008°.