The paper represents an extended version of the talk given at the XVIth Feofilov Symposium on spectroscopy of crystals activated by rare-earth ions devoted to 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding physicist-spectroscopist, corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of the USSR Petr Petrovich Feofilov (Saint-Petersburg, November 9—13, 2015). In this review, we briefly elucidate development of research in optical detection of magnetization initiated by P.P. Feofilov and then proceeded by his disciples and followers.

Keywords: magneto-optics, magnetic resonance, magnetic susceptibility, spin noise spectroscopy PACS: 76.30.−v, 76.70.Hb (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2016.10.037904 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2017/6/g/ 000409222900007 2-s2.0-85029171567 2017PhyU...60..628Z Citation: Zapasskii V S, Kozlov G G "Evolution in the optical detection of magnetization" Phys. Usp. 60 628–637 (2017) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 9th, August 2016, revised: 29th, September 2016, accepted: 12th, October 2016 Оригинал: Запасский В С, Козлов Г Г «Эволюция оптических методов детектирования намагниченности» УФН 187 675–686 (2017); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2016.10.037904 P.P. Feofilov is author of Physics-Uspekhi