Abstract
We report on a method for breaking the symmetry of the optical signal arising from vortex magnetization in individual micron scale rings. A dielectric coating enhances the longitudinal magneto-optical Kerr effect signal from one half of the ring, while leaving the magnetic interactions unperturbed. The chirality of a single ring can be determined using this method, even with a beam waist much larger than the ring diameter. We observed switchable chirality in clipped 5μm diameter Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) rings using a longitudinal measurement field and demonstrated that the rotation sense could be reversed repeatedly with a momentary transverse field of ±150Oe.
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