Enhancement of Faraday rotation in 3D/Bi:YIG/1D photonic heterostructures

We suggest a new design of magnetophotonic crystals. Microcavity-type magnetic photonic heterostructures exhibiting enhanced magneto-optical Faraday rotation have been fabricated. Such a heterostructure comprises an opal film (3D photonic crystals), a bismuth substituted iron garnet (Bi:YIG) spacer...

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Published inJournal of materials science. Materials in electronics Vol. 20; no. Suppl 1; pp. 493 - 497
Main Authors Fujikawa, R., Baryshev, A. V., Khanikaev, A. B., Kim, J., Uchida, H., Inoue, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.01.2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bismuth
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Crystal defects
Garnets
Heterostructures
Materials Science
Multilayers
Optical and Electronic Materials
Photonic crystals
Photonics
Three dimensional
Bragg Mirror
Opal Film
Photonic Crystal
Stop Band
Faraday Rotation
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Summary:We suggest a new design of magnetophotonic crystals. Microcavity-type magnetic photonic heterostructures exhibiting enhanced magneto-optical Faraday rotation have been fabricated. Such a heterostructure comprises an opal film (3D photonic crystals), a bismuth substituted iron garnet (Bi:YIG) spacer film acting as the defect layer, and a dielectric multilayer (1D photonic crystal). Localized mode was shown to exist in the photonic band gap as a result of resonant interference in heterostructures. The observed enhancement of Faraday rotation was more than three times as compared with that of the Bi:YIG constituent. We have also found that the heterostructures exhibit an unusual polarization-dependent response.
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ISSN:0957-4522
1573-482X
DOI:10.1007/s10854-008-9689-y