CONTENTS:

Introduction (history, classification of magneto-optic effects),

Basics of solid-state optics (Maxwell’s equations in material and complex optical quantities, Fresnel’s equations, polarization states and sign convention),

Classical theory of dispersion (Lorentz theory of absorption and dispersion, microwave cyclotron resonance, magnetic-field induced splitting of the reflectivity minimum, relation between experimental quantities and optical conductivity tensor),

Experimental aspects of magneto-optics (Jones matrix theory, experimental methods, enhancement effects),

Microscopic model (Becquerel’s equation, Kramers-Kronig relation, origin of spin-orbit interaction, quantum mechanical calculation of the optical conductivity, model for the microscopic origin of magneto-optic activity),

Magneto-optic properties of magnetic semiconductors,

Relationship between magnetism and magneto-optics.