Abstract
We report the properties of one-dimensional heteroepitaxial all-garnet magneto-optical photonic crystals (MOPCs) composed of alternating quarter-wavelength layers of diamagnetic and MO-active garnets rf-magnetron sputtered on substrate. Substitution of ferric ions by aluminum and gallium improved transparency and induced perpendicular anisotropy in pure bismuth iron garnet. As a result, photonic crystals owned a record high magneto-optical quality and a latching-type (magnetic remnant) Faraday rotation (FR). At the resonance wavelengths , a specific FR and MO-quality factor represent the highest MOPC performance achieved so far.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
N. Ansari, S. I. Khartsev, and A. M. Grishin
Opt. Lett. 37(17) 3552-3554 (2012)
Mohammad Nur-E-Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Viacheslav A. Kotov, and Kamal Alameh
Opt. Mater. Express 1(3) 413-427 (2011)
Mikhail Vasiliev, Mohammad Nur-E Alam, Viacheslav A. Kotov, Kamal Alameh, Vladimir I. Belotelov, Vladimir I. Burkov, and Anatoly K. Zvezdin
Opt. Express 17(22) 19519-19535 (2009)