TY - GEN
T1 - UV-visible faraday rotators based on rare-earth fluoride single crystals
T2 - 32nd Electronics Division Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan
AU - Vasyliev, Valentyn
AU - Villora, Encarnacion G.
AU - Nakamura, Masaru
AU - Sugahara, Yoshiyuki
AU - Shimamura, Kiyoshi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - High optical quality LiREF4 (RE = Tb3+, Dy 3+, Ho3+, Er3+ and Yb3+), PrF 3 and CeF3 single crystals have been grown by the Czochralski technique. Their magneto-optical properties have been measured and analyzed in detail in the ultraviolet-visible wavelength region, and their figures of merit as Faraday rotators have been determined. CeF3 presents superior properties above 300 nm, showing a figure of merit higher than that of the reference material, terbium-gallium-garnet, which is nowadays used in the visible-near infrared. PrF3 is the best rotator for the 220-300 nm range. Towards shorter wavelength and in the vacuum ultraviolet, it is shown that the LiREF4 crystals are unique rotators.
AB - High optical quality LiREF4 (RE = Tb3+, Dy 3+, Ho3+, Er3+ and Yb3+), PrF 3 and CeF3 single crystals have been grown by the Czochralski technique. Their magneto-optical properties have been measured and analyzed in detail in the ultraviolet-visible wavelength region, and their figures of merit as Faraday rotators have been determined. CeF3 presents superior properties above 300 nm, showing a figure of merit higher than that of the reference material, terbium-gallium-garnet, which is nowadays used in the visible-near infrared. PrF3 is the best rotator for the 220-300 nm range. Towards shorter wavelength and in the vacuum ultraviolet, it is shown that the LiREF4 crystals are unique rotators.
KW - Faraday effect
KW - Magneto-optic systems
KW - Rare-earth fluorides
KW - Single crystals
KW - Ultraviolet
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.582.194
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.582.194
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885933823
SN - 9783037858561
T3 - Key Engineering Materials
SP - 194
EP - 197
BT - Electroceramics in Japan XVI
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Y2 - 26 October 2012 through 27 October 2012
ER -