OPTICAL STUDIES OF BROKEN TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRY IN SOLIDS

 

 

Relevant Publications:

 

  1. Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of YBa2Cu3O6+x: Evidence for Broken Symmetry Near the Pseudogap Temperature, Jing Xia, Elizabeth Schemm, G. Deutscher, S.A. Kivelson, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, R. Liang, W. Siemons, G. Koster, M. M. Fejer, A. Kapitulnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 127002 (2008), arXiv:0711.2494v2

 

  1. High Resolution Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of Sr2RuO4: Evidence for Broken Time Reversal Symmetry in the Superconducting State, Jing Xia, Maeno Yoshiteru, Peter T. Beyersdorf, M. M. Fejer, Aharon Kapitulnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 167002 (2006), cond-mat/0607539.

 

  1. Modified Sagnac interferometer for high-sensitivity magneto-optic measurements atcryogenic temperatures, Jing Xia, Peter T. Beyersdorf, Martin M. Fejer, and Aharon Kapitulnik, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 062508 (2006), cond-mat/0603284.

 

 

 

Older Relevant Papers:

 

  1. Test for Nonreciprocal Circular Birefringence in YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films as Evidence for Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry, S. Spielman, K. Fesler, C.B. Eom, T. H. Geballe, M. M. Fejer, and A. Kapitulnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 123 (1990).

 

  1. Test for Non-Reciprocal Circular Birefringence in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, S. Spielman, J. S. Dodge, K. Fesler, L. W. Lombardo, M. M. Fejer, T. H. Geballe, and A. Kapitulnik,  Phys. Rev. B 45, 3149 (1992).

 

  1. Measurement of the spontaneous polar Kerr effect in YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, S. Spielman, J.S. Dodge, L.W. Lombardo, C.B. Eom, M.M. Fejer, T.H. Geballe, and A. Kapitulnik, Phys. Rev. Lett.  68, 3472 (1992).

 

  1. Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Biological Molecules, S. Doniach, A. Kapitulnik, P. Frank, M. M. Fejer, S. Spielman and J. S. Dodge.  (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992) p 452.

 

  1. High-Resolution Magneto-optic Measurements with a Sagnac Interferometer,  A. Kapitulnik, J.S. Dodge, and M.M. Fejer, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 6872 (1994).

 

  1. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and strong magneto-optic properties of SrRuO3 epitaxial films,  L. Klein, J.S. Dodge, T.H. Geballe, A. Kapitulnik, A.F. Marshall, L. Antognazza and K. Char, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 2427 (1995).

 

  1. Symmetry of the Magnetooptic Response of the Sagnac Interferometer, J.S. Dodge, L. Klein, M.M. Fejer, A. Kapitulnik, J. Appl. Phys. 79, 6186 (1996).

 

  1. Temperature-dependent Local Exchange Splitting in SrRuO3, J.S. Dodge, L. Klein, C.H. Ahn, J.W. Reiner, L. Mieville, T.H. Geballe, M.R. Beasley, A. Kapitulnik, H. Ohta, Yu. Uspenskii, S. Halilov, and E. Kulatov, Phys. Rev. B 60, R6987 (1999).