Total Performance of Magneto-Optical Ceramics with a Bixbyite Structure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Procedures
3. Results
3.1. Synthesis and Characterization of the Novel Ceramic Faraday Rotator Material
3.2. Optical Properties of the Advanced Materials
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- (1)
- Optical-grade polycrystalline TYO ceramics with extremely low scattering were successfully produced for the first time.
- (2)
- The Verdet constants of the TYO ceramics increased with increasing Tb concentration in the Bixbyite structure, and Tb2O3 showed the highest value: 3.8 times higher than that of the commercially available TGG single crystal.
- (3)
- The Faraday rotation characteristics of the polycrystalline TYO ceramics were basically comparable to those of single-crystal isolator materials. In addition, one of the advantages was the possession of a large extinction ratio and a large Verdet constant, which can improve the performance of the isolator and downsize the device.
- (4)
- The laser damage threshold of the TYO ceramics was as high as 18 J/cm2 and they were resistant to pulsed laser damage (power density 78 MW/cm2 and no damage during a 7000-hour durability test at 2 MHz).
- (5)
- The thermal lens value, 1/f = 0.40 m−1, of the TYO ceramics was slightly larger than that of TGG, probably due to a remaining trace amount of Tb4+ ions in the material. One of the remaining issues is to be able to use it for high-power and continuous-wave laser applications.
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Ikesue, A.; Aung, Y.L.; Makikawa, S.; Yahagi, A. Total Performance of Magneto-Optical Ceramics with a Bixbyite Structure. Materials 2019, 12, 421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030421
Ikesue A, Aung YL, Makikawa S, Yahagi A. Total Performance of Magneto-Optical Ceramics with a Bixbyite Structure. Materials. 2019; 12(3):421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030421
Chicago/Turabian StyleIkesue, Akio, Yan Lin Aung, Shinji Makikawa, and Akira Yahagi. 2019. "Total Performance of Magneto-Optical Ceramics with a Bixbyite Structure" Materials 12, no. 3: 421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030421