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A brief outline is given of the multiplicity of sign conventions appearing in the literature in association with theoretical and experimental topics concerning magneto-optics. It is shown that there are essentially two competing schemes available for the description of magneto-optical effects and that these are not, in all respects, entirely equivalent. A summary of these sign conventions is presented, and reasons are given for the adoption of a particular preferred scheme.

Contents 1. Introduction . 2. Basic theoretical framework . 2.1. Amplitude reflectance at a single boundary between two 2.2. Multilayer calculations . 2.3. Amplitude reflectance and transmittance 2.4. The method of superposition 2.5. A reiterative method for the calculation of amplitude reflectance 2.6. Representation of absorption in layer materials 2.7. Intensity and energy relationships 2.8. The generalized Airy formula . 2.9. T h e method of equivalent layers massive media-Fresnel coefficients . . .

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