Terbium scandium aluminum garnet - A new efficient material for Faraday rotators?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3178, Issue , 1997, Pages 55-58

  Ganschow, S ^a   Gerhardt, A ^a   Reiche, P ^a   Uecker, R ^a  

^a Instimte of Crystal Growth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Czochralski technique; Faraday rotators; TSAG

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; GARNETS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TERBIUM; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

CZOCHRALSKI TECHNIQUE; CZOCHRALSKI TECHNIQUES; FARADAY ROTATORS; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; TSAG; VERDET CONSTANTS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0006075153     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.280704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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