Enhancement of Magneto-Optic Figure of Merit of Bi:YIG Films in Blue Wavelengths by La Substitution

  • Lee, Euibok (Reserch Center for Aircraft Parts Technology Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Jaekyong Cho (Reserch Center for Aircraft Parts Technology Gyeongsang National University)
  • Published : 1997.06.01

Abstract

This paper reports the first success in enhancement of the magneto-optic figure of merit of garnet films in blue wavelengths. The maximum of the absolute value of the Faraday rotation angle observed at about 500 nm for the films with no La substitution shifted toward shorter wavelength as La content increased, that leads the increase of the absolute value of the Faraday rotation angle in the wavelengths shorter than about 480 nm. The optical absorption coefficient at the wavelengths shorter than 500 nm decreased as La content increased. As a result the magneto-optic figure of merit increased in the wavelengths shorter than 470 nm as La content increased and was about two times larger for the film with La content of 0.6 in formular unit compared to that of the film without La substitution. This might be attributed to the shift of the centers of the charge transfer and crystal field transitions by La substitution.

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