Title :
Diffraction of light by nonlinear magnetostatic waves in ferromagnetic waveguides
Author :
Boardman, A.D. ; Nikitov, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Salford Univ., UK
Abstract :
The propagation and coupling of electromagnetic waveguide modes in ferromagnetic materials is considered. The type of ferromagnetic waveguides that are widely used in fundamental experiments, and in applications, consist of thin films of yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG) on a non-magnetic substrate made of gallium-gadolinium-garnet (GGG). They find applications in, for example, integrated optics and as elements of memory devices
Keywords :
ferromagnetism; light diffraction; optical waveguides; GGG; GaGdGG; GaGdGa5O12; YFeGG; YFeGa5O12; YIG; electromagnetic waveguide modes; ferromagnetic waveguides; integrated optics; light diffraction; memory devices; nonlinear magnetostatic waves;
Conference_Titel :
Non-Linear Optical Waveguides, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
