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Plasmon-boosted magneto-optics

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Enhancing magneto-optic effects may help to reduce the size of photonic devices. Recent research by several groups shows that the features of metal optical components can be exploited to enhance typically weak magneto-optic effects.

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Figure 1: Schematic of the Faraday effect in a plasmonic-magneto-optical hybrid waveguide system.

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  1. and the Materials Sciences Division, Ming Liu and Xiang Zhang are at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), 3112 Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA,

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Liu, M., Zhang, X. Plasmon-boosted magneto-optics. Nature Photon 7, 429–430 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.134

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