Magneto-optical Kerr effect in an A-type antiferromagnet
is preserved in combination with a translation, and comparing the experimental results with model calculations. Our model suggests that observable MOKE should be expected in all collinear A-type AFMs with out-of-plane spin order, thus enabling optical detection of AFM domains and expanding the scope of MOKE to few-layer AFMs.
Authors
- Jiaqiang Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6625-4706)
- Vimal K. Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-9486)
- J. Orenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-6707)
- V. Sunko
- S. M. Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-1616)
- S. Ahsanullah
- S. Kumaran
- D. Ovchinnikov
Institutions
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (AT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72577-4
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Basic Energy Sciences