Terbium gallium garnet for high average power Faraday isolators: modern aspects of growing and characterization

Author

Ivanov, Igor ; Bulkanov, Alexey ; Khazanov, Efim ; Mukhin, Ivan ; Palashov, Oleg ; Tsvetkov, Vladimir ; Popov, Pavel

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. for Mater. Sci. & Technol. (RIMST), Moscow, Russia

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The growth and characterization of terbium gallium garnet (TGG) for high average Faraday isolators is reported. The main technique of TGG single crystals growing is Czochralski method. Key physical parameters of the grown crystals are measured: thermal conductivity, heat capacity, thermal expansion coefficient, refractive index thermal dependence, optical damage threshold and spectral function of Verdet constant.

Keywords

Faraday effect; crystal growth from melt; garnets; magneto-optical isolators; optical materials; refractive index; specific heat; terbium compounds; thermal conductivity; thermal expansion; Czochralski method; Faraday isolators; TGG; Verdet constant; heat capacity; optical damage threshold; refractive index; terbium gallium garnet; thermal conductivity; thermal expansion coefficient; Ceramics; Crystals; Garnets; Isolators; Lattices; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196485

Filename

5196485