Magneto-Optics

The book is designed to provide graduate students and research novices with an introductory review of recent developments in the field of magneto-optics. The field encompasses many of the most important subjects in solid state physics, chemical physics and electronic engineering. The book deals with (1) optical spectroscopy of paramagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferromagnetic materials, (2) studies of photo-induced magnetism, and (3) their applications to opto-electronics. Many of these studies originate from those of ligand-field spectra of solids, which are considered to have contributed to advances in materials research for solid-state lasers. TOC:Spectroscopy and Optical Applications of Rare-Earth and Transition-Metal-Doped Materials.- Elementary Excitations in Magnetically Ordered Materials.- Raman Spectroscopy of Magnetic Compounds with Strong Electron-Correlation.- Nonlinear Optics of Antiferromagnetic Compounds.- Faraday and Kerr Effects in Ferromagnets.- Magnetic Polarons in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors.- Magneto-Optics of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors.- Optical Control of Magnetic Properties in Molecule-Based Magnets.- Magneto-Optical Recording.- Appendix: The Magnetic Space-Group and Its Applications.