Applied Research Focus Areas
Integrated Miniaturised Systems (IMS) 139 Sustainable Materials Products and Processes (STAMP) 142 Reliable Software-Intensive Systems (ZUSIS) 141 Highly-Efficient Technical Systems (HTS) 2480
The magneto-optical Kerr effect, discovered by John Kerr in 1876 and named after him, describes the change in the properties of polarised light when reflected by a magnetic surface. This involves the rotation of the plane of polarisation on the one hand and the change in intensity of the polarised light on the other. This is illustrated in Fig. 2
Use of Kerr microscopy to characterise the development of damage in steels
The Kerr microscope used in the project is a two-in-one system. Fig. 1 therefore shows both the near-field microscopy with the corresponding non-magnetic Epiplan Neofluar objectives (20x0.5 Pol; 50x0.8 Pol; 100x1.3 Pol) and the arrangement of the far-field (Carl Zeiss Optic
Research projects supported by the Budget for Research and Innovation (BFI) of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences
Use of the electrochemical potential to characterize the surface damage behavior of cyclically stressed materials
As part of the research project, a corrosion measuring station will be set up and integrated into a fatig