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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takekazu Yamane, Tokyo, JP;

Tetsuya Shibata, Tokyo, JP;

Tomohito Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Fukuzawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical device includes a magnetic element and a light application part, wherein the light application part configured to apply light to the magnetic element, the magnetic element includes a first ferromagnetic layer to which the light is applied, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, and magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer is inclined with respect to both an in-plane direction in which the first ferromagnetic layer extends and a surface-perpendicular direction perpendicular to a surface on which the first ferromagnetic layer extends in a state in which the light is not applied from the light application part to the magnetic element.


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